{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/annex-V/chapter-III/division-B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/annex-V/chapter-III/division-B.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/627",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627",
  "path": "annex/V/chapter/III/division/B",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "Methods other than those referred to in Part A, such as the LC-MS method, HPLC with appropriate detection, immunoassays and functional assays, such as the phosphatase inhibition assay, may be used as alternatives to, or as well as, the EURL LC-MS/MS method, provided that:",
  "text": "(a)either alone or combined they can detect at least the analogues identified in Part A; more appropriate criteria shall be defined where necessary;\n(b)they meet the method performance criteria stipulated by the EURL LC-MS/MS method. Such methods must be intra-laboratory validated and successfully tested under a recognised proficiency test scheme. The European Reference Laboratory for marine biotoxins shall support activities toward inter-laboratory validation of the technique to allow for formal standardisation;\n(c)their implementation provides an equivalent level of public health protection.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/627/annex/V/chapter/III/division/B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:28.098617+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."
}