{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-152/annex-VI/division-2/division-2.1/division-2.1.5",
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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/VI/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1.5",
  "heading": "Expression of the results",
  "text": "When reporting the results, the laboratory shall indicate on which type of material the analysis has been carried-out (sediment, flotate or raw material). The reporting shall clearly indicate how many determinations have been carried-out and if sieving of the fractions prior to slide preparation, in accordance with the last paragraph of point 2.1.3.3.4., was not performed.\nThe laboratory report shall at least contain information on the presence of constituents derived from terrestrial vertebrates and from fish.\nThe different situations shall be reported in the following ways.\n2.1.5.1.No animal particle of a given nature detected:\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, no particle derived from terrestrial vertebrates was detected in the submitted sample.’\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, no particle derived from fish was detected in the submitted sample.’\n2.1.5.2.Between 1 and 5 animal particles of a given nature detected when only one determination has been performed, or between 1 and 10 particles of a given nature detected in case of two determinations (the number of detected particles is below the decision limit established in the standard operating procedures (SOP) of the EU reference laboratory for animal proteins in feedingstuffs (EURL-AP) and published on its website):\nWhen only one determination has been performed:\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, no more than 5 particles derived from terrestrial vertebrates were detected in the submitted sample. The particles were identified as … [bone, cartilage, muscle, hair, horn…]. This low level presence is below the decision limit established for this microscopic method.’\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, no more than 5 particles derived from fish were detected in the submitted sample. The particles were identified as … [fishbone, fish scale, cartilage, muscle, otolith, gill…]. This low level presence, is below the decision limit established for this microscopic method.’\nWhen two determinations have been performed:\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, no more than 10 particles derived from terrestrial vertebrates were detected over the two determinations in the submitted sample. The particles were identified as … [bone, cartilage, muscle, hair, horn…]. This low level presence is below the decision limit established for this microscopic method.’\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, no more than 10 particles derived from fish were detected over the two determinations in the submitted sample. The particles were identified as … [fishbone, fish scale, cartilage, muscle, otolith, gill…]. This low level presence is below the decision limit established for this microscopic method.’\nAdditionally:\nIn case of sample pre-sieving, the laboratory report shall mention in which fraction (sieved fraction, pelleted fraction or kernels) the animal particles have been detected insofar as the detection of animal particles only in the sieved fraction may be the sign of an environmental contamination.\nWhen only animal particles which cannot be categorised as either terrestrial vertebrates or fish are detected (e.g. muscle fibres), the report shall mention that only such animal particles were detected and that it cannot be excluded that they originate from terrestrial vertebrates\n2.1.5.3.More than 5 animal particles of a given nature detected when only one determination has been performed, or more than 10 particles of a given nature detected in case of two determinations:\nWhen only one determination has been performed:\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, more than 5 particles derived from terrestrial vertebrates were detected in the submitted sample. The particles were identified as … [bone, cartilage, muscle, hair, horn…].’\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, more than 5 particles derived from fish were detected in the submitted sample. The particles were identified as … [fishbone, fish scale, cartilage, muscle, otolith, gill…].’\nWhen two determinations have been performed:\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, more than 10 particles derived from terrestrial vertebrates were detected over the two determinations in the submitted sample. The particles were identified as … [bone, cartilage, muscle, hair, horn…].’\n‘As far as was discernible using a light microscope, more than 10 particles derived from fish were detected over the two determinations in the submitted sample. The particles were identified as … [fishbone, fish scale, cartilage, muscle, otolith, gill…].’\nAdditionally:\nIn case of sample pre-sieving, the laboratory report shall mention in which fraction (sieved fraction, pelleted fraction or kernels) the animal particles have been detected insofar as the detection of animal particles only in the sieved fraction may be the sign of an environmental contamination.\nWhen only animal particles which cannot be categorised as either terrestrial vertebrates or fish are detected (e.g. muscle fibres), the report shall mention that only such animal particles were detected and that it cannot be excluded that they originate from terrestrial vertebrates.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 51/2013 of 16 January 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 as regards the methods of analysis for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feed (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1560 of 26 October 2020 amending Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 laying down the methods of analysis for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feed (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "http://eurl.craw.eu/"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/152/annex/VI/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.5",
    "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."
}