{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-152/annex-V/division-B/chapter-II/division-5/division-5.6",
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  "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/5.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.6",
  "heading": "Analytical criteria",
  "text": "For reliable results from confirmatory or screening methods, the following criteria shall be met in the range of the maximum level for the TEQ or BEQ value, respectively, whether determined as total TEQ or total BEQ (as the sum of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs) or separately for PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs:\nWith respect to the maximum levels.\nScreening with bioanalytical or physico-chemical methods\nConfirmatory methods\nFalse-compliant rate\n< 5 %\nTrueness\n– 20 % to + 20 %\nRepeatability (RSD r )\n< 20 %\nIntermediate precision (RSD R )\n< 25 %\n< 15 %",
  "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "With respect to the maximum levels."
    }
  ],
  "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/5.6",
    "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."
}