Article 3 Sampling and analyses
United Kingdom
The sampling and the analyses to be carried out by competent authorities at border control posts or at control points referred to in Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, as part of physical checks on consignments of food and feed referred to in Article 1(1)(a) and (b), or in third countries for the purposes of the results of analyses which are required to accompany the consignments of food and feed referred to in Article 1(1)(b) as provided for in this Regulation shall be performed in accordance with the following requirements:
for food listed in Annexes I and II due to possible contamination risk by mycotoxins, including aflatoxins, the sampling and the analyses shall be performed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 401/2006;
for feed listed in Annexes I and II due to possible contamination risk by mycotoxins, including aflatoxins, the sampling and the analyses shall be performed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 152/2009;
for food and feed listed in Annexes I and II due to possible non-compliance with the maximum allowed levels of pesticides residues the sampling shall be performed in accordance with F1the methods described in the Annex to Directive 2002/63/EC;
for guar gum listed in F2Annex I due to possible contamination with pentachlorophenol and dioxins the sampling for the analysis of pentachlorophenol shall be performed in accordance with F3the methods described in the Annex to Directive 2002/63/EC and the sampling and analyses for the control of dioxins in feed shall be performed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 152/2009;
for food listed in Annexes I and II due to the risk of presence of Salmonella, the sampling and the analyses for the control of Salmonella shall be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods laid down in Annex III;
for food listed in Annex II due to the risk of presence of Listeria, the sampling and the analyses for the control of Listeria must be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods laid down in Annex IIIa;
for food listed in Annex 2 due to the risk of presence of Listeria, the sampling and the analyses for the control of Listeria must be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods laid down in Annex 3a;
for food listed in Annex II due to the presence of Listeria, the sampling and the analyses for the control of Listeria must be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods laid down in Annex IIIa;
the methods of sampling and analyses referred to in the footnotes to Annexes I and II shall be applied in relation to hazards other than those referred to in points (a), (b), (c), (d) F7, (e) and (ea).
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Art. 3(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 22(5) (with regs. 33-36)
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Words in Art. 3(d) substituted: (E.) (18.12.2024) by The Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1169), regs. 1(1), 2(3); (W.) (18.12.2024) by The Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1214), regs. 1(2)(c), 2(3); and (S.) 18.12.2024) by The Official Controls (Import of High Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) Amendment (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/324), regs. 1(1), 2(3)
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Words in Art. 3(d) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 22(5) (with regs. 33-36)
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Art. 3(ea) inserted (E.) (7.3.2024) by The Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/120), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
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Art. 3(ea) inserted (W.) (7.3.2024) by The Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/119), regs. 1(2)(c), 2(2)(a)
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Art. 3(ea) inserted (S.) (7.3.2024) by The Official Controls (Import of High Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/12), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
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Words in Art. 3(f) substituted: (E.) (7.3.2024) by The Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/120), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b); (W.) (7.3.2024) by The Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/119), regs. 1(2)(c), 2(2)(b); and (S.) (7.3.2024) by The Official Controls (Import of High Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/12), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)