These Regulations require the carrying out of laboratory tests in accordance with good laboratory practice in compliance with Council Directive 87/18/EEC and Council Directive 88/320/EEC and designate the Irish Laboratory Accreditation Board as the Competent Authority for verifying compliance for the purposes of these Directives. The laboratory tests shall observe principles of good laboratory practice specified in Annex 2 to the Decision (as amended) of 12 May 1981 of the Council of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on the mutual acceptance of data for the evaluation of chemical products. "Chemicals"include food additives, animal feed additives and pesticides.
Ireland · 1991-02-07