Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2418 of 9 December 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 as regards the methods for analysis for the control of the levels of trace elements and processing contaminants in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

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Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In point C.3.3.1. of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 333/2007, point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a)

Performance criteria for methods of analysis for lead, cadmium, mercury, inorganic tin and inorganic arsenic

Table 5

Parameter

Criterion

Applicability

Foods specified in Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006

Specificity

Free from matrix or spectral interferences

Repeatability (RSD r )

HORRAT r less than 2

Reproducibility (RSD R )

HORRAT R less than 2

Recovery

The provisions of point D.1.2. apply

LOD

= three tenths of LOQ

LOQ

Inorganic tin

≤ 10 mg/kg

Lead

ML ≤ 0,02 mg/kg

0,02 < ML < 0,1 mg/kg

ML ≥ 0,1 mg/kg

≤ ML

≤ two thirds of the ML

≤ one fifth of the ML

Cadmium, mercury

ML ≤ 0,02 mg/kg

0,02 < ML < 0,1 mg/kg

ML is ≥ 0,1 mg/kg

≤ two fifths of the ML

≤ two fifths of the ML

≤ one fifth of the ML

Inorganic arsenic and total arsenic

ML ≤ 0,03 mg/kg

0,03 < ML < 0,1 mg/kg

ML is ≥ 0,1 mg/kg

≤ ML

≤ two thirds of the ML

≤ two thirds of the ML’