Analytical Methods for Agricultural Contaminants

Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria Laboratory Head, Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

• Part 1:1. Introduction to the book of methods2. General requirements for food safety analysis3. Setting up a residues laboratory4. Sampling in the context of food safety5. Sample preparation and processing6. Quality assurance and safety control procedures7. Method validation8. Uncertainty estimation9. Choosing the right method for your purpose10. Integrated analytical approaches for food safety and environmental sustainabilityExamples of methods for food contaminant analysisPART II- Methods1. Pesticide residue determination in fresh fruits and vegetables using ethyl acetate extraction and QuEChERS clean-up2. Extraction of pesticide residues present in fresh fruits and vegetables using the QuECHERS method3. Analysis of pesticide residues by HPLC MS/ MS in fresh fruits and vegetables4. Pesticide residue determination in potato using the dispersive QuEChERS template with ammonium acetate5. Multiresidue method for pesticides in potato using by QuECHERS and GC-MSD detection6. Processing and extraction of fruits and vegetables with possible pesticide residue content7. Determination of selected pesticides in tomato samples by column extraction and gel permeation chromatography clean-up8. Determination of carbamate pesticides residues in honey by HPLC with post-column derivatization and fluorescence detector (FLD)9. Determination and confirmation of chloramphenicol in honey, fish and prawns by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry10. Determination of avermectins and milbemycin residues in food of animal origin by LC-MS/MS11. Determination of sulphonamides in eggs by high pressure liquid chromatography detection and diode arrangement (HPLC / DAD)12. Determination of ractopamine in swine feed by LC-MS/MS13. Determination of histamine in fish and fish products by capillary zone electrophoresis. Examples of methods for soil and water analysis14. Determination of carbamates and triazines in soil and sediment samples by high pressure liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry15. Determination of organophosphorus and other pesticides through ultrasound treatment16. Determination of selected pesticides by GC-MSD17. Procedure for extraction of organo phosphate pesticides in water using solid phase extraction18. Procedure for extraction of organo-chlorinated pesticides in water19. Determination of organochlorine insecticides and trifluralin in water by GC/MSD20. Determination of selected pesticides in water by GC-MSD21. Analysis of residues of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in water22. Determination of nitrate and nitrite in water using unsupressed ion chromatography with UV detection23. Determination of ammonium in wastewater using unsuppressed ion chromatography with conductivity detectionExamples of methods using nuclear and biological approaches24. Detection of irradiated fat containing foods through the analysis of 2-alkylcyclobutanones using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry25. Determination of Radon in water26. Procedure for the generation of adsorption isotherms in soils using radiotracers27. Effect of pesticides, drugs and chemical compounds on the soil respiration using 14C –glucose as a radiotracer28. Determination of the mineralization curve of pesticides in soil using a radiometric technique29. Biomonitoring of water quality using macroinvertebrate as bioindicators30. Estimation of the bioaccumulation factor of radiolabelled pollutants in compost worms