# Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2158 of 20 November 2017 establishing mitigation measures and benchmark levels for the reduction of the presence of acrylamide in food (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3: The method of analysis used for the analysis of acrylamide must comply with the following performance criteria

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Parameter
Criterion
Applicability
Foods specified in this Regulation
Specificity
Free from matrix or spectral interferences
Field blanks
Less than Limit of Detection (LOD)
Repeatability (RSDr)
0,66 times RSDR as derived from (modified) Horwitz equation
Reproducibility (RSDR)
as derived from (modified) Horwitz equation
Recovery
75-110 %
Limit of Detection (LOD)
Three tenths of LOQ
Limit of Quantification (LOQ)
For benchmark level < 125 μg/kg: ≤ two fifths of the benchmark level (however not required to be lower than 20 μg/kg)
For benchmark level ≥ 125 μg/kg: ≤ 50 μg/kg

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/2158/annex/III/division/II/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2158/annex-III/division-II/division-3
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