Sampling and analysis obligations, general
 59. (1) A person who is required to take or analyze a sample under this Regulation shall ensure that the following rules are complied with: 1. Sampling and analysis shall be carried out in accordance with the methods specified in this Part and in the GNF Sampling and Analysis Protocol. 2. A sample of soil, test solution or GNF shall be a composite sample. 3. Any result from the testing of a soil sample shall be reported in milligrams per kilogram of total solids, calculated on a dry weight basis. 4. Any result from the testing of GNF or test solution shall be reported in milligrams per litre. 5. A sample of GNF taken in respect of an agricultural operation on a farm unit shall be, i. representative of the GNF that is reasonably expected to be applied to land within the farm unit or transported from the farm unit to an agricultural operation on a different farm unit, ii. agitated in accordance with the GNF Sampling and Analysis Protocol, if the GNF is reasonably expected to have a dry matter content of 1 per cent or greater, and iii. taken from, A. a permanent GNF storage facility used at the operation, if there is such a facility located on the farm unit, or B. if there is no permanent GNF storage facility as described in sub-subparagraph A, a GNF transfer system used at the operation. 6. A sample of test solution in respect of a greenhouse operation shall be, i. if possible, representative of the GNF that is reasonably expected to be applied to land within the farm unit of the operation or transported from the farm unit of the operation to an agricultural operation on a different farm unit, and ii. taken from the closed circulation system used at the operation. 7. Despite any requirement in this Part that a minimum number of samples of GNF be taken and analyzed, if compliance with the minimum requirement would not result in sampling that is representative of the GNF, as set out in paragraph 5, additional sampling and analysis shall be carried out to ensure that the samples taken and analyzed are representative of the GNF that is reasonably expected to be transported or applied to land as set out in paragraph 5. 8. If a type of analysis described in Column 1 of the Table to this section is required, the analysis shall be performed by a laboratory described in Column 2 of the Table opposite the description of the analysis. O. Reg. 300/14, s. 59 (1); O. Reg. 234/15, s. 24. (2) The person operating a laboratory at which analysis is performed for the purposes of this Regulation shall ensure that the analysis is performed in accordance with the GNF Sampling and Analysis Protocol. TABLE   LABORATORIES  Item   Column 1 Type of analysis   Column 2 Laboratory to perform analysis 

  1.   Analysis of soil for nutrients   A laboratory that is accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for the purpose of analysis of soil for nutrients. 

  2.   1. Analysis of GNF or test solution for nutrients or other parameters 2. Analysis of soil for regulated metals   A laboratory that is accredited in accordance with the International Standard ISO/IEC 17025 — General Requirement for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, dated May 12, 2005, as amended from time to time.