DIRECTIVE 2002/63
This text defines the quality of samples within the strict framework of official controls carried out by the French State. This is done through the DGAl and control plans on French production, through the Ministry of the Economy and the Joint Laboratories Service (ex DGCCRF) and the Community control plan and incoming production on French territory.
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PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION
EXEMPLES
NATURE OF PRIMARY SAMPLES
MINIMUM SAMPLE SIZE
Official control / self-monitoring
Plant based primary food products
- Fresh fruits
- Fresh vegetables, including potatoes and sugar beet, excluding aromatic plants
Small fresh products, unit weight <25g
berries, peas, olives
Entire units, packages or units taken with a sampling device
1 kg / 0.5 kg
Medium sized fresh products, unit weight from 25 to 250g
apples, oranges
Entire units
1 kg / 0.5 kg
minimum 10 units / -
Large fresh products, unit weight > 250g
cabbages, cucumbers, grapes (bunches)
Entire units
2 kg / 1 kg
minimum 5 units / -
Pulses
Dehydrated beans; dehydrated peas
-
1 kg / 0.5 kg
Cereals
rice, corn
-
1 kg / 0.5 kg
Tree nuts
Except for coconut
Coconut
-
-
1 kg / 0.5 kg
5 units / -
Oilseeds
Peanuts
-
0,5 kg
Seeds for drinks and sweets
Cofee beans
-
0,2 kg
Aromatic herbs
Fresh parsley
other fresh herbs
entire units
0,5 kg / 0,3 kg
0,2 kg
Spices
dried
Entire units, packages or units taken with a sampling device
0,1 kg / 0,050 kg
Plant-based processed food
- Secondary food products of plant origin, dried fruit, vegetables, herbs, ground cereal products.
- Plant-based products, teas, plants for infusions, vegetable oils, juices and other products, for example, processed olives and citrus molasses.
- Processed products (single ingredient), of vegetable origin, with or without conditioning agents or with or without secondary ingredients, such as flavouring agents, spices and condiments, and which are normally pre-packaged and ready for consumption with or without cooking.
- Processed (multi-ingredient) plant-based products, including products with ingredients of animal origin in which the ingredient(s) of plant origin predominate, breads and other cooked cereal products.
High unit value products
-
Packages or units sampled using a sampling device
0,1 kg / 0,020 kg (powders)
Bulk, low-density solid products
Hops, tea, herbal infusions
Packaged units or units taken with a sampling device
0,2 kg
Other solid products
Bread, flour, dried fruits
Entire packages or other units or units taken with a sampling device
0,5 kg / 0,2 kg
Liquids
Vegetal oils, juices, wines* and beers*
Packaged units or units taken with a sampling device
0,5 l or 0.5 kg / 0,05 l or 0,05 kg
Essential oils *
-
5 to 10 ml
Hydrolats, floral waters *
-
0,1 l or 0.1 kg
Eggs and dairy products: description of primary samples and minimum sample size
Eggs, excluding quail eggs and other similar eggs
-
Whole eggs
12 whole hen eggs, 6 whole goose or duck eggs
Quail eggs and silimar type of eggs
-
Whole eggs
24 whole eggs
Milks
-
Entire units or units taken with a sampling device
0.5 l / 0,2 l
Processed food of animal origin
- Secondary food of animal origin, secondary dairy products such as skimmed milk, condensed milk and powdered milks
- Edible animal by-products, milk fats, derived dairy products such as butters, butteroils, creams, cream powders, caseins, etc.
- Processed (single-ingredient) foods of animal origin, processed dairy products such as yoghurts, cheeses, etc.
- Processed (multi-ingredient) foods of animal origin, manufactured dairy products (including products containing ingredients of plant origin in which the ingredient(s) of animal origin predominate, such as processed cheese products, cheese preparations, flavoured yoghurt, sweetened condensed milk.
Liquid milks, powdered milks, concentrated milks and creams, dairy-based ice creams, yoghurts
-
Packaged units or units taken with a sampling device
0,5 l / 0,2 l (liquid)
or
0,5 kg / 0,2 kg (solid)
(i) Evaporated milks and creams must be thoroughly mixed prior to sampling, the substances adhering to the walls and bottom of the container must be loosened and the mixture must be thoroughly stirred. Take 2 to 3 litres and stir again before collecting the sample.
(ii) Powdered milks must be sampled aseptically by inserting a dry probe into the core of the powder at a constant penetration rate.
(iii) Creams should be thoroughly mixed with a bat before sampling, foaming, whipping and churning must be avoided.
Butter and butyric oils
Butter, serum butter,spreads, low-fat, containing butterfat, anhydrous butyric oil, anhydrous milk fat
Entire units or parts of packaged unit(s) or unit(s) taken with a sampling device
0,2 kg
or
0,2 l
Cheeses including melted cheese
Unit weight of 0,3 kg or more
Unit weight of less than 0,3 kg
Entire unit(s) or unit(s) divided using a sampling device
0,5 kg
0,3 kg
Liquid, frozen or dried egg products
Unit(s) collected aseptically using a sampling device
0,5 kg
Meat and poultry : description of primary samples and minimum size of laboratory samples
Primary food products of animal origin
Mammalian livers, fresh/refrigerated/frozen
Entire liver or part of the liver
0,4 kg / 5 g
Water and effluents (not covered by the directive)
- Water runoff, underground, catchment ...
- Irrigation water
- Process water
Freshwater for trace detection less than or equal to 0.1µg/l
Active or passive sampling
1 litre
Irrigation water for trace detection less than or equal to 0.1µg/l
Irrigation water for trace detection at 10 µg/l (vegetal equivalent)
1 litre
100 ml
Process water for trace detection less than or equal to 0.1µg/l
Process water for trace detection at 10 µg/l ( vegetal equivalent).
1 litre
100 ml
Effluent
Concentrated product resulting from the rinsing of treatment equipment (sprayers, tanks, etc.).
100 ml
Apiary products (not covered by the directive)
Pollinator
Bees, bumblebees, nymphs, etc.
100 g / 10 g
Honeys
-
50 g
Pollens
50 g
Wax
20 g
Nectar
2 g
Beebread
No frame
100 g
Air (not covered by the directive)
The projects are to be considered after exchanges, according to the molecule(s), the support, the objective...
Seeds (not covered by the directive)
Large size seeds
50 g
Small size seeds
20 g
Coated seeds for determination of coating concentration
1 kg and at leats 500 seeds
Soils (not covered by the directive)
Soils
depending on the area considered
500 g
Formulations (not covered by the directive)
- determining the concentration of active ingredients in the formulation
- search for traces
Depending on your speciality, we will determine the volumes together.
* the elements are not included in the directive 2002/63 EC.