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stances to farm animals may imply that their and 93/257/EEC. The Council Directive
residues could remain in the animal-treated 96/23/EC was recently implemented by the
derived foods, constituting a risk. As a result, Commission Decision 2002/657/EC, which
the presence of these substances in farm provides rules for the analytical methods to
animals and foods of animal origin must be be used in testing official samples and spe-
monitored (Croubels et al. 2004). The pres- cific common criteria for the interpretation of
ence of these substances in foods and the the analytical results of official control labo-
number of samples to be tested each year is ratories for such samples. In the United
regulated in the European Union by EC States, the Food Safety and Inspection
Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor Services (FSIS) establishes the surveillance