Resolution No. 499 of 2016 of Georgian Government on Methods of Analysis of Certain Substances and Residues thereof in Alive Animals and Animal Products and Interpretation of Results

The Resolution lays down rules for analysis of certain substances in living animals and food of animal origin. It consists of 35 articles: Scope of regulation (1); Definition of terms (2); Methods of assessment (3); Minimum Required Performance Level (MRPL) (4); Interpretation of results (5); General performance criteria (6); Preparing samples (7); Conducting assessment (8); Screening methods (9); Confirmation methods for discovering organic residues and pollutants (10); General performance criteria and requirements (11); Additional performance criteria and other requirements for quantitative methods of assessment (12); Performance criteria and other requirements for spectrometric discovery of mass (13); Performance criteria for chromatography coupled with infrared discovery, interpretation of results and other requirements (14); Performance criteria and other requirements for spectrometric determination of analytic components through LC and other methods (15); Performance criteria for spectrometric determination of analytic components through 2-DTLC coupled with UV/VIS (16); Performance criteria for spectrometric determination of analytic components through GC and ECD methods (17); Confirmation methods for elements (18); Performance criteria and other requirements for confirmation methods (19); Additional performance criteria and other requirements for quantitative analytic methods (20); Additional requirements for differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV) (21); Special requirements for atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) (22); Special requirements for atomic absorption spectroscopy in cases of creating hydride admixtures (23); Special requirements for cold steaming atomic absorption spectroscopy (24); Special requirements for inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) (25); Special requirements for inductively coupled mass spectrometry (26); Validation/confirmation (27); Validation/confirmation procedures (28); Performance properties independent of model (29); Conditional validation/confirmation procedures (30); Validation/confirmation according to alternative models (31); Graphic icons for limits produced by various analytic research (32); Dichotomies estimation diagnostic test (33); Sample for method of adding standard substance (34); and Minimum required performance threshold (35). The Resolution also includes annexes providing more detailed breakdowns of the methods mentioned above.