Joint EURL/NRLs (SRM-FV) Pesticide Residue Workshop 2022

13^th - 14^th October 2022

To all National Reference Laboratories

for Fruits and Vegetables
for Single Residue Methods

The EURLs –SRM/FV are pleased to invite the NRLs-SRM/FV to the EURL/NRLs Workshop 2022 (hybrid modality, both online and face-to-face).

For face-to-face attendance, travel costs, hotel costs and daily allowance for one participant per NRL (if your lab is NRL for FV and SRM you will be reimbursed ONLY for one participant) will be covered, following the European Union Rules. Please, inform us as soon as possible of the selected eligible participant (and not later than 12^th July) by registering at the following link:

FACE TO FACE REGISTRATION (REGISTRATION CLOSED)

In order to facilitate your travel, the EURL-FV can assume directly the cost of the hotel booking and the flight tickets for those eligible participants. Please fill in the form with your data and your preferences and we will book everything for you through our travel agency, so no expenses will have to be reimbursed. A bus/taxi service will be offered to the eligible participants from the airport to the hotel and back.

Countries with one participant in the face-to-face workshop will have an extra participant available with online registration. Countries with NO face-to-face PARTICIPANT will be allowed to have two different online registrations. If f you prefer to participate online, please register at the following link:

ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR EU-EFTA NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES ONLY (REGISTRATION CLOSED)

If you decide to stay extra days in Almería, please be aware that the hotel and any other expenses that you may have during those extra days will not be reimbursed.

On-site Registration for Official Laboratories-SRM/FV

Additionally, 25 places for the face to face workshop will be offered for official laboratories (SRM/FV). Registration forms will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

The registration fee is 325 € in order to cover all meals during the workshop (dinners on the 12th and 13th, and coffee breaks and lunches on the 13th and 14th) and transport from the hotel to the University of Almería and back.

For on-site attendance you can register at the following link:

FACE TO FACE REGISTRATION OfLs (REGISTRATION CLOSED)

The Workshop Venue will be the University of Almería. The elegible participants will stay at Hotel Barceló Cabo de Gata. A shuttle bus service will be provided for all participants from the hotel to the university and back.

Online Registration for Official Laboratories-SRM/FV

For online attendance, we will offer 100 places for official laboratories.

Registration forms will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

You can register for online attendance at the following link:
ONLINE REGISTRATION OfLs (REGISTRATION CLOSED)

The Workshop will be held in Almeria, Spain, from the 13^th to the 14^th October 2022, at the University of Almería. However, it will also be possible to attend online.

The program will cover the following topics:

Results and discussion of EUPTs-SRM/FV
Advances in analytical methods
SANTE AQC-document
General exchange of information

AGENDA (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD)

If you want to see the presentations, please, click on the title

*13^rd October* THURSDAY
9:00 – 9:20	Welcome to Almeria and Workshop presentation

9:20 – 9:50	News from the Commission Stephanos Kirkagaslis (DG SANTE)


9:50 – 10:30	EUPT-SRM17 Results (including the news on SRM compounds) Michelangelo Anastassiades (EURL-SRM)



10:30 – 11:00	EUPT-FV24 Results Carmen Ferrer (EURL-FV)


11:00 – 11:35	Coffee Break

11:35 – 12:05	EUPT-SM14 Results / EUPT-SC05 Results Carmen Ferrer (EURL-FV)

12:05 – 12:25	Implementing new LC-MS technologies for the analysis of pesticide residues: Dual-channel chromatography Florencia Jesús (EURL-FV)



12:25 – 12:45	Experiences from the routine control of herbs and spices Florian Hägele (EURL-SRM)

12:45 – 13:35	News on MRM methods News on MRM methods - Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba (EURL-FV) Use of L-ascorbic acid as a mean to prevent in-vial degradation of LC-amenable pesticides - Francisco José Díaz-Galiano (EURL-FV) SFC-MS/MS vs LC-MS/MS Pesticide residue analysis in food samples - Victor Manuel Cutillas (EURL-FV)

13:35 – 15:00	Lunch


15:00 –16:00	News on SRM compounds ---- (see 9.50 presentation) Michelangelo Anastassiades (EURL-SRM)



16:00 –17:00	Solutions for the shortage of Helium in GC *Shimadzu solutions for helium shortage in GC/GC-MS* - Nerea Lorenzo Parodi (Shimadzu) *Exploiting Hydrogen with a Novel EI Source Determination of Pesticides by GC/MS/MS* - Jose Rivero (Agilent) Daniela Cavagnino (Thermo Fisher Scientific)



20:00	Dinner

14^th October FRIDAY
9:00 – 9:30	Selective analysis of dithiocarbamates by classes: overview of the French working group project Marine Lambert (NRL-SRM France)


9:30 – 11:00	SANTE/11312/2021 AQC Document revision Collection of comments/inputs








11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 – 11:50	IC method for anionic pesticides in FV, Milk and Infant Formula and cereals Jim Garvey (NRL-FV/SRM Ireland)
11:50– 12:20	Is HILIC the best approach for highly polar anionic pesticides determination? Overview of methods and columns comparison Jonatan Dias (NRL-FV/SRM The Netherlands)
11:50– 12:20
12:25– 12:40	NIBIO – Experiences with new instruments in the laboratory Lina Aarsbog & Roman Florinski (NRL Norway)
12:25– 12:40
12:45 – 13:00	Closing session
12:45 – 13:00	Closing session
13:00	Lunch