Report of 3rd joint CRL/NRL Pesticide Residue Training Workshop
Background
According to Article 32 of the EU-Regulation 882/2004 the Community Reference Laboratories (CRLs) are responsible, among other tasks, for the conduction of training courses for the benefit of staff from National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) of the EU-Member States (MS).
These training courses should contribute to the betterdissemination of useful information to the NRLs as well as in fostering the creation of a strong network between NRLs and CRLs. The Participants of the training workshops are expected to disseminate the knowledge gained during the workshops to their colleagues working in other Official Laboratories (OfLs) in their countries.
The present workshop was jointly organized by the CRL for Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables (eurl-FV) and the CRL for Pesticide Residue Analysis using Single Residue Methods (CRL-SRM) and took place between the 5th and 7th of November 2008 at the facilities of the CRL-SRM near Stuttgart/Germany.
Pre-Workshop Activities
Well in advance to the training course the participants were prompted to indicate subjects they would like to have addressed at the workshop. They were also asked to prepare a short Powerpoint-presentation showing the activities of the laboratories and their expectations from the workshop.
Furthermore, a mini-survey was conducted among the participating NRLs, taking into consideration questions submitted by the participants. The results of this survey were presented at the workshop.
Finally, the participants were asked to report their current scope of routinely targeted pesticides in a specially prepared excel-sheet. The pesticide scope of each individual laboratory was then compared with a risk-based ranking list prepared by the CRLs considering various aspects (toxicology and residue relevance). During the "Check your Scope" session of the workshop, each participant was handed-out a special excel working-file showing a comparisson of the laboratory's scope with the ranking list. Aim of this exercize was to give the labs the possibility to gradually eliminate their analytical gaps in a thoughtfull and targeted fashion.
Participants
NRL-Representatives of the 12 EU-MS that entered the community in the last two enlargement rounds were invited to participate at the workshop, giving a total number of 17 persons. Additional guests were representatives of the other CRLs from Freiburg and Copenhagen and Tuija Pihlström (NFA-Sweden) as speaker and coordinator for the AQC-session.
Aims
Main aims of this workshop were:
- to address specific problems and questions of the official laboratories in the 12 new EU-MS
- to inform the NRL representatives about new promising sample preparation and instrumental analysis approaches for pesticide residues both in theory and practice
- to initiate and strengthen the formation of the NRL/CRL and NRL/NRL collaboration network,
- to inform the NRL representatives about the CRL activities and discuss further needs
- to inform the NRL representatives about EUPT results and developments in the AQC Guidelines
- to inform the NRL representatives about new developments in the EU legislation regarding CRL/NRL activities
Documentation
The following documents/presentation can be downloaded from CIRCA (to register in CIRCA click here):
- Minutes of the Workshop (CRLs and NRLs only)
- CRL-FV Activities
- CRL-SRM: Activities and Plans
- Results of Group Work - CRL activities: what is good, what could be better
- NRL Workshop Questionnaire 2008
- NRL-presentations (CRLs and NRLs only)
- CRL Web-Portal - Common Website for all Four CRLs
- CRL Data Pool - Access to Information Needed for Decision-Making in Pesticide Residue Analysis
- Strategies for Efficient Pesticide Residue Control
- Check Your Scope! Evaluation and Discussion of the pesticide scope of participating labs
- Main MRMs used in EU official laboratories through the EUPT Results
- Dealing with "Difficult" Pesticides and Commodities
- Matrix Effects in Pesticide Analysis
- EUPTs - History and Main Achievements & EUPT-FV10 Results
- EUPT SRM3 and EUPT for Determination of PCP in Guar Gum samples
- Method Validation and Quality Control Procedures for Pesticide Residue Analysis in Food and Feed SANCO/10232/2006
- What's New (Regulatory News, CRL Plans for 2009 (PTs, workshops, other), COM-policies, PT-Plans)
Published 29-12-2008, 12:13:28
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