Division A The method(s) shall refer to all the methodological steps needed to analyse the relevant food and feed material in accordance with Articles 5(3)(i) and 17(3)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

For a particular food or feed material, the methodological steps shall include the methods for DNA extraction and the subsequent quantification in a real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) System. In such a case, the whole process from extraction up to the PCR-technique shall constitute a method. The applicant shall provide information about the whole method.