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2.For the selection of methods used to verify that a food contact material or article does not contain residual BPA, another hazardous bisphenol or a hazardous bisphenol derivative, or does not release those substances into food above the specified detection limit or specific migration limit, the following additional rules apply:
(a)where the European Union Reference Laboratory (‘EURL’) for food contact materials has developed or recommended a method, that method shall be used;
(b)a method shall have a detection limit of 1 μg/kg unless a different detection limit is set out in Annex II, or as part of the method recommended in accordance with point (a);
(c)to verify that a food contact material or article does not contain residual BPA, another hazardous bisphenol or a hazardous bisphenol derivative, an extraction method shall be used.
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