# 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), Division 5.6: Analytical criteria

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

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.
With respect to the maximum levels
Screening with bioanalytical or physico-chemical methods
Confirmatory methods
False-compliant rate
< 5 %
Trueness
– 20 % to + 20 %
Repeatability (RSDr)
< 20 %
Intermediate precision (RSDR)
< 25 %
< 15 %

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/644/annex/III/division/5/division/5.6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-644/annex-III/division-5/division-5.6
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