Criteria for sampling strategy for national randomised surveillance plan for production in the Member States (as referred to in Article 2(3)
ANNEX VSupplementary provisions
ANNEX V Criteria for sampling strategy for national randomised surveillance plan for production in the Member States (as referred to in Article 2(3) 1. Sampling shall be random and shall be performed at or close to slaughter, collection or harvest and representative of the Member States’ production/consumption pattern: — for Group A substances, sampling shall be performed throughout the production process of food-producing animals and unprocessed products of animal origin on live food-producing animals, their body parts, excrements and body fluids and in tissue, products of animal origin, animal by-products, animal feed and water, whichever matrix is the most relevant, — for Group B substances, only fresh or frozen meat, edible offal, eggs, milk or honey (as close as possible to the production date), which have not undergone further processing or mixing, shall be sampled. 2. In case several substance categories are to be analysed in one sample, the sample size shall be adjusted accordingly.