- Agreed in principle to
accept the criteria approach for evaluating methods of analysis for Codex purposes
(para. 17);- Agreed that the following quality criteria be adopted by laboratories
involved in the official import and export control of foods:
- Comply with
the general criteria for testing laboratories laid down in ISO/IEC Guide 25:1990
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Participate in appropriate proficiency testing schemes for food analysis which
conform to the requirements laid down in “The International Harmonized Protocol
for the Proficiency testing of (Chemical) Analytical Laboratories”,
-
Whenever available, use methods of analysis which have been validated according
to the principles laid down by the Codex Alimentarius Commission; and
-
Use internal quality control procedures, such as those described in the “Harmonized
Guidelines for Internal Quality Control in Analytical Chemistry Laboratories”
(para. 21);
- Recommended the adoption of the IUPAC/ISO/AOAC Harmonized
Protocol for the use of Recovery Factors for Codex purposes when the protocol
was published by IUPAC (para. 27);
- Agreed to request Commodity Committees
to identify how extensive the problem of indirect determinations was in Codex
Standards (para. 30);
- Agreed to define selected core terms of direct relevance
to the work of Codex and circulate to governments and international organizations
for comments (para. 34);
- Noted the report of the Inter-Agency Meeting (para.
47);
- Noted the progress report on review of standard methods of analysis and
sampling (para. 48);
- Requested commodity Committees to avoid selecting methods
of analysis which use ozone-depleting solvents (paras. 61 & 62) and
- Proposed
to undertake the following new work:
- Review of methods of analysis using
ozone-depleting substances and
- Measurement uncertainty (para. 66).
