{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-333/annex/part-A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-333/annex/part-A.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2007/333",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 of 28 March 2007 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the control of the levels of trace elements and processing contaminants in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-333",
  "path": "annex/part/A",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "DEFINITIONS",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions shall apply:\n‘lot’ an identifiable quantity of food delivered at one time and determined by the official to have common characteristics, (such as origin, variety, type of packing, packer, consignor or markings). In the case of fish, also the size of fish shall be comparable;\n‘sublot’ designated part of a large lot in order to apply the sampling method on that designated part. Each sublot must be physically separated and identifiable;\n‘incremental sample’ a quantity of material taken from a single place in the lot or sublot;\n‘aggregate sample’ the combined total of all the incremental samples taken from the lot or sublot; aggregate samples shall be considered as representative of the lots or sublots from which they are taken;\n‘laboratory sample’ a sample intended for the laboratory.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/333/annex/part/A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:01.572573+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}