European Communities (Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 (S.I. No. 377 of 2017).

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2010 particularly as regards the methods of sample preparation for the official control of the levels of certain contaminants in foodstuffs which are set out in the Annexes to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 401/2006, as amended, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2006, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 333/2007, as amended, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 589/2014, and Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/705. These Regulations also give effect to Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/582 amending Regulation (EC) No. 333/2007 as regards the analysis of inorganic arsenic, lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and certain performance criteria for analysis.