Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Except in the cases provided for in Articles R. 512-28 and R. 512-29, any sampling carried out pursuant to Article L. 511-16 includes at least three samples. A report is drawn up in accordance with the conditions set out in articles R. 512-10 and R. 512-11. All samples taken are sealed. An identification label bearing the following information is attached to the seal: . 1° the name under which the…

One of the samples is sent by the owner or keeper, at their expense, to one of the laboratories mentioned in articles R. 512-31 and R. 512-32, designated by the authorised agent.

The department to which the authorised agent reports informs the sample holder of the results of the sample analysis. If the analysis establishes that the sample does not comply with the regulations, the holder is informed that he can have a counter-analysis carried out, at his own expense, by a laboratory offering guarantees of independence, competence and impartiality. Before any analysis, this laboratory checks the integrity of the seal affixed…

For the monitoring of mycotoxin levels in foodstuffs, only one sample is taken. It gives rise to the drawing up of a report under the conditions provided for in articles R. 512-10 and R. 512-11.

When a product is rapidly alterable, when its value, its nature, the too small quantity of product or the low prevalence and distribution of the danger justifies it, sampling is carried out in a sample. This sampling results in a report being drawn up under the conditions laid down in articles R. 512-10 and R. 512-11. All samples taken are sealed. These seals retain an identification label bearing the information…