{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-644/annex-III/division-5/division-5.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-644/annex-III/division-5/division-5.6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/644",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/644 of 5 April 2017 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the control of levels of dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs and non-dioxin-like PCBs in certain foodstuffs and repealing Regulation (EU) No 589/2014 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-644",
  "path": "annex/III/division/5/division/5.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.6",
  "heading": "Analytical criteria",
  "text": "For reliable results from confirmatory or screening methods, the following criteria must be met in the range of the maximum level for the TEQ value respectively the BEQ value, whether determined as total TEQ or total BEQ (as sum of PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCBs) or separately for PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs.\nWith respect to the maximum levels\nScreening with bioanalytical or physico-chemical methods\nConfirmatory methods\nFalse-compliant rate\n< 5 %\nTrueness\n– 20 % to + 20 %\nRepeatability (RSDr)\n< 20 %\nIntermediate precision (RSDR)\n< 25 %\n< 15 %",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "With respect to the maximum levels"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/644/annex/III/division/5/division/5.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:03.439389+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."
}