{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-152/annex-V/division-B/chapter-II/division-5/division-5.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-152/annex-V/division-B/chapter-II/division-5/division-5.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/152",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-152",
  "path": "annex/V/division/B/chapter/II/division/5/division/5.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.1",
  "heading": "Low working range and limits of quantification",
  "text": "For PCDD/Fs, detectable quantities shall be in the upper femtogram (10 – 15 g) range because of extreme toxicity of some of these compounds. For most PCB congeners a limit of quantification in the nanogram (10 – 9 g) range is already sufficient. For the measurement of the more toxic dioxin-like PCB congeners (in particular non-ortho-substituted congeners), the lower end of the working range shall reach the low picogram (10 – 12 g) levels. For all other PCB congeners a limit of quantification in the nanogram (10 – 9 g) range is sufficient.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/771 of 3 May 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 as regards the methods for the determination of the levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/152/annex/V/division/B/chapter/II/division/5/division/5.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:38.610873+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."
}