Translation of "Prélèvement de l'échantillon par cellule " (French → English) :

The methods of sampling and analysis to be used for the official control of levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, 3-MCPD, inorganic tin and benzo(a)pyrene in certain foodstuffs are established in Commission Directive 2001/22/EC of 8 March 2001 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and 3-MCPD in foodstuffs (4), Commission Directive 2004/16/EC of 12 February 2004 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of tin in canned foods (5) and Commission Directive 2005/10/EC of 4 February 2005 laying down the ...[+++] sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of benzo(a)pyrene in foodstuffs (6), respectively.

Commission Directive 2002/26/EC of 13 March 2002 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of ochratoxin A in foodstuffs (4), Commission Directive 2003/78/EC of 11 August 2003 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of patulin in foodstuffs (5) and Commission Directive 2005/38/EC of 6 June 2005 laying down the sampling methods and the methods ...[+++]of analysis for the official control of the levels of Fusarium-toxins in foodstuffs (6) similarly establish sampling methods and performance criteria for ochratoxin A, patulin and Fusarium-toxins respectively.

Commission Directive 98/53/EC of 16 July 1998 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs (3) establishes sampling methods and performance criteria for the methods of analysis to be used for the official control of levels of aflatoxins in foodstuffs.

However, if a food business operator producing sprouts has a sampling plan, including sampling procedures and sampling points of the spent irrigation water, they may replace the sampling requirement under the sampling plans set out in rows 1.18 and 1.29 of Chapter 1 with the analysis of 5 samples of 200 ml of the water that was used for the irrigation of the sprouts.

Member States may authorise sampling to be carried out during the period from the start of flowering to 20 days after the start of flowering provided that, for each variety grown, other representative samples are taken in accordance with the above rules during the period from 20 days after the start of flowering to 10 days after the end of flowering.

2. Breeding flocks whose eggs are hatched at a hatchery with a total incubator capacity of less than 1 000 eggs must be sampled on the holding and the samples to be taken shall consist of a pooled faeces sample made up of separate faeces samples, each weighing not less than 1 g, collected in accordance with point A (2) (b).