Of special interest to food chemists: This conference is a training measure recognised by the ZFL (Certification body for advanced food chemistry training) and has been scored with 15 points.

Highlights

Regulatory requirements and challenges

• General food law and the setting of MRLs
• Alternative sources of pesticide-related compounds
• Processing factors: new European database and experience of industry and food control
• Transfer of biocide residues into food

Monitoring: programmes and challenges

• EFSA on pesticide residues in food and the assessment of the risk for consumers
• Experience from India
• Update on human biomonitoring

Analytical methods and tools: application and developments

• Highly-sensitive determination of glyphosate and glufosinate in complex food matrices
• Nanoflow liquid chromatography high resolution mass spectrometry
• EURL-FV: critical evaluation of supercritical fluid chromatography for pesticide residues analysis

Focus: pesticide metabolites

• Reprocessing of full scan data
• Multi-pesticide metabolites screening in plant-derived commodities

Who do you meet?

Professionals working in the fields of:

• Residue analysis
• Food chemistry
• Monitoring
• Quality assurance and control
• Product safety
• Food safety
• Legal and regulatory affairs
• Registration
• Research and development
• Raw material management

Sectors taking part:

• Agrochemical industry
• Food and drink industry
• Regulatory authorities
• Food inspection offices
• Research institutes
• Scientific consultants
• Professional associations