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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-152/annex-V/division-B/chapter-II/division-7/division-7.3/division-7.3.3",
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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/7/division/7.3/division/7.3.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "7.3.3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Calculation as mean value of bioanalytical results (in BEQ, corrected for blank and recovery) from multiple analysis of samples (n ≥ 6) contaminated at two-thirds of the maximum level or action threshold, based on the observation that this level will be around the cut-off value determined under point 7.3.1 or point 7.3.2:\nCalculation of cut-off values based on a 95 % level of confidence implying a false-compliant rate < 5 %, and a RSD R < 25 %:\n(1)from the lower band of the 95 % prediction interval at the decision limit of the confirmatory method.\n(2)from multiple analysis of samples (n ≥ 6) contaminated at the decision limit of the confirmatory method as the lower end-point of the data distribution (represented in the figure by a bell-shaped curve) at the corresponding mean BEQ value.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "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": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/152/annex/V/division/B/chapter/II/division/7/division/7.3/division/7.3.3",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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