CAC/GL 70-2009 Guidelines for Settling Disputes on Analytical (Test) Results
1. SCOPE
These guidelines provide guidance to governments on the procedures to resolve disputes which arise between food control authorities about the status of a food consignment1, when the assessment based on test results made in the importing country disagrees with the assessment made by the exporting country on the same lot.
These guidelines only address disputes related to methods of analysis or laboratory performance and do not address questions of sampling. The procedure examines only the validity of the importing country’s results on which non-compliance is alleged. It is recognised that disputes may arise from other cause(s), which should also be investigated.
These guidelines do not cover microbiological test results.
