{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-705/annex/part-C/division-C.3/division-C.3.3/division-C.3.3.1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/705",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/705 of 30 April 2015 laying down methods of sampling and performance criteria for the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid in foodstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 80/891/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-705",
  "path": "annex/part/C/division/C.3/division/C.3.3/division/C.3.3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "C.3.3.1",
  "heading": "Performance criteria",
  "text": "Where no specific methods for the determination of contaminants in foodstuffs are prescribed ..., laboratories may select any validated method of analysis for the respective matrix provided that the selected method meets the specific performance criteria set out in Table 5.\nIt is recommended that fully validated methods (i.e. methods validated by collaborative trial for the respective matrix) are used where appropriate and available. Other suitable validated methods (e.g. in-house validated methods for the respective matrix) may also be used provided that they fulfil the performance criteria set out in Table 5.\nFurther details are given in the Notes to the performance criteria as set out in this point.\nWhere possible, the validation of in-house validated methods shall include a certified reference material.\nTable 5\nPerformance criteria for methods of analysis for erucic acid\nParameter\nCriterion\nApplicability\nFoods specified in Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006\nSpecificity\nFree from matrix or spectral interferences\nRepeatability (RSDr)\n0,66 times RSDR as derived from (modified) Horwitz equation\nReproducibility (RSDR)\n2 × value derived from (modified) Horwitz equation\nRecovery\n95 — 105 %\nLOD\n≤ 1 g/kg\nLOQ\n≤ 5 g/kg",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex para. C omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Contaminants in Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/639), regs. 1, 35(d) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 8(11)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/705/annex/part/C/division/C.3/division/C.3.3/division/C.3.3.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:43.202136+00:00"
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  "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."
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