Council Directive 96/23/EC requires Norway, represented by the NFSA (according to European Economic Agreement EEA), to draft a national residue control plan. These plans must comply with the sampling rules in Annex IV of the Directive. The NFSA controls through targeted sampling the levels of certain organochlorines, pyrethroids, carbamates, organophosphates, heavy metals, mycotoxins, dyes, veterinary drugs and banned substances in live animals and animal products. Samples content above the Maximum Residue Limit (MRL), or finding of a prohibited substance, would be submitted for further action according to investigations of the NFSA. The NFSA wants to sign a framework agreement(s) for purchases of laboratory services concerning control on residue of veterinary medicinal products and contaminants in food producing terrestrial animals and their products.

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