Scientific Papers Series B Horticulture

should be 5 kg.” According to this instruction,we calculate the number of the incrementalsamples which should be taken from bulkproducts, as follows:considering the global sample to be 5 kg as it isindicated in the Commission Recommendation2004/787/EC, the values of NPE, MPE, FA, FPwere calculated as follows:For packed products CEN/TS 15568:2006contains relevant information about samplingstrategies and it was easy to use, because of thenumber of incremental samples is given by thesquare root of total number of packages (Sisea,2009). According to this indication andFor both, bulk and packed products, thelaboratory sample (PL) is half of PG.Figure 1. Examples of sampling distribution pointsCONCLUSIONSThe development of a specific samplingprocedure in the starch industry depends on thefactory’s specificity, including infrastructurepossibilities, activities and analysis type.Although the standards and legislation offer ageneral description of the sampling instructions,they can be applied in a harmonized way,on condition that the production process andproducts characteristics are known very well.The sampling procedures to be applied for theanalyses of pesticides, microbiological contaminationand GMO-presence detection for421packed products of food and feed are similar.However, differences appear when the analysesof mycotoxin presence should be performed,the rules for sampling for these types ofanalyses being more strict.For food and feed bulk products the rules fromregulations and standards are more specificand, that for the sampling procedure is simplerthan for packed products.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis research work was carried out with thesupport of a corn starch factory located in thesouth-eastern of Romania.