Turkish Food Codex Regulation No. 2025/8 laying down the criteria for sampling and analysis methods for the official control of the levels of plant toxins in food.

The Annex I to this Regulation establishes sampling methods for the control of plant toxin levels in food. Where a food cannot be classified under any category for which a sampling method is specified in Annex I, the sampling method shall be determined with regard to the particle size of the food or its similarity to a product classified in Annex I. Where a food cannot be classified in any category listed in Annex I and there is evidence that the plant toxin is homogeneously distributed, sampling shall be carried out in accordance with Part A of the Annex I of the Turkish Food Codex Notification No. 2024/10 on the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of trace elements and contaminants in foodstuff. Sample preparation and methods of analysis used for the control of the levels of plant toxins in foodstuffs shall be in compliance with the criteria set out in Annex II to this Regulation. This Regulation has been drafted in line with the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2783 of 14 December 2023 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the control of the levels of plant toxins in food and repealing Regulation (EU) 2015/705.