{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-333/annex/part-C/division-C.1",
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  "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/C/division/C.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "C.1",
  "heading": "LABORATORY QUALITY STANDARDS",
  "text": "Laboratories shall comply with the provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 .\nLaboratories shall participate in appropriate proficiency testing schemes which comply with the ‘International Harmonised Protocol for the Proficiency Testing of (Chemical) Analytical Laboratories’ developed under the auspices of IUPAC/ISO/AOAC.\nLaboratories shall be able to demonstrate that they have internal quality control procedures in place. Examples of these are the ‘ISO/AOAC/IUPAC Guidelines on Internal Quality Control in Analytical Chemistry Laboratories’.\nWherever possible the trueness of analysis shall be estimated by including suitable certified reference materials in the analysis.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "‘The international harmonized protocol for the proficiency testing of analytical chemistry laboratories’ by M. Thompson, S.L.R. Ellison and R. Wood, Pure Appl. Chem., 2006, 78, 145-96."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Edited by M. Thompson and R. Wood, Pure Appl. Chem., 1995, 67, 649-666."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/333/annex/part/C/division/C.1",
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  "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."
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