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When: 17:00 – 18:30 CET (11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST) on January 16, 2024

AOAC Europe section is organizing a virtual follow-up session on “Best Practices for Bioassay Testing of Food and other Complex Mixtures”, which will provide main outcomes of a recent AOAC workshop and discuss next steps related to the development of a best practices document. Please participate in this session at 17:00 – 18:30 CET (11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST) on January 16, 2024 and share your ideas and needs in this interesting area.

The preliminary agenda covers the following topics:

  • Summary of the presentations from the Kick-Off Meeting on November 20th in Amsterdam.
  • Summary of the working groups from the Kick-Off Meeting on November 20th in Amsterdam.
  • Discussion of the proposal for next steps – proposal will be provided upfront beginning of 2024.
  • Forming working group(s) to create a Best Practice Guidance.

DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATIONS

  1. “Best Practices for Bioassay Testing of Food and other Complex Mixtures” (Summary of Amsterdam Workshop)
  2. Follow-up of the Workshop “Best Practices for Bioassay Testing of Food and other Complex Mixtures” and “AOAC WORKING GROUP PROPOSAL”

Express your interest being part of the AOAC Working group “Best Practices for Bioassay Testing of Food and other Complex Mixtures” by sending an e-mail to:  info@aoaceurope.com

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LINK TO THE PROGRAM

]]> Novel foods from alternative protein sources, 2023 https://aoaceurope.com/2023/08/10/novel-foods-from-alternative-protein-sources-2023/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 15:42:43 +0000 https://aoaceurope.com/?p=8206 Link to the AOAC International website

]]> AOAC Europe/ Eurachem workshop on Non-Targeted Methods, 2022 https://aoaceurope.com/2022/11/15/aoac-europe-eurachem-workshop-on-non-targeted-methods/ Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:12:38 +0000 https://aoaceurope.com/?p=8033 Trends & challenges for Non-Targeted Methods.
Part 1. Quo Vadis? What, How and Who?

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

Our collaborators, AOAC Europe and Eurachem, just announced an upcoming workshop in non-targeted methods. If of interest, please follow this link to register for free before 7 Nov 2022:

Workshop aims

The event will aim to give an overview of the subject by presenting the following themes:

  • The concept of NTMs (terminology and possible approaches)
  • Quality markers (performance characteristics) for NTMs
  • Data handling and data mining in relation to NTMs
  • Application of NTMs in food analysis
  • Application of NTMs in environmental analysis
  • Application of NTMs in material analysis
Register here
Download the flyer here

Programme

  • Opening, welcome
    • Lorens Sibbesen [Eurachem]
  • The concept of NT (terminology and possible approaches)
    • Stephan Walch [Chemisches und Veterinär-untersuchungsamt, Germany]
  • Quality markers (performance characteristics) for NT analysis
    • Martin Alewijn [Wageningen Food Safety Research, The Netherlands]
  • Data handling and data mining in relation to NT
    • Ilka Haase [National Reference Centre for Authentic Food, Germany] *
  • Session 1 discussion
  • Break
  • Application Example 1: NTMs in food analysis
    • John Szpylka [Food Safety Net Services, US]
  • Application Example 2: Environmental Forensics – An analytical challenge
    • Luc De Ren [SGS, Belgium]
  • Application Example 3: NTMs in material analysis
    • Thomas Gude [SQTS, Switzerland]
  • Session 2 discussion
  • Closing discussion – Wrapping up and pointing forward to coming events

* To be confirmed

]]> Are we prepared for the next food trends and challenges? 2021 https://aoaceurope.com/2021/07/01/sfc-symposium-2021/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 http://labtechco.themestek.com/?p=6941 Are we prepared for the next food trends and challenges?

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted to inform you about the upcoming AOAC Europe – SFC Symposium 2021. This symposium will be held as an online conference but if the situation allows it we will offer a hybrid meeting with site events. Please take a look at the preliminary program and the impressive list of confirmed key note speakers and speakers. 

Dates:          1-2 July 2021

Place:          Online conference
(if travel restrictions allow, we will offer a hybrid meeting with on site-events in Neuchâtel, Switzerland – decision mid April ‘21) 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Session 1: What are the new trends for food?

Session 2: What is the regulatory environment for the new challenges?

Session 3: Is our analytical method portfolio fit for purpose?

Session 4: Challenges in regard to emerging hazard

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

  • Frans Verstraete, EU Commission, Brussels, BE
  • Jens Sloth, Technical University Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
  • Chris Elliott, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Confirmed Speakers:

Frederic Baudouin, Ingrid Undeland, Erwan Engel, Guillaume Duflos, Nicola Colombo, Anton Kaufmann, Estelle Dubreil, Joe Boison, Thomas Gude, Gaud Dervilly

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Download the flyer here

Posters:       General Food Chemistry, Food Microbiology and Food Analytics Topics

Poster presentations related to Food Chemistry, Food Microbiology and Food Analytics are warmly welcome to be submitted for presentation in the meeting. We offer a modern online tool for posters with a possibility of short oral presentations for selected posters.

CONFERENCE FEES:

50 €  for Members*

100 € for Non-Members   

Students free of charge

*members of AOAC or SFC (Swiss Society for Food Chemistry)

Conference fee for potential on-site attendance will be adjusted accordingly.

REGISTRATION:

Register now for this symposium and click here!

]]> Analytical Measurements in the Society – Virtual meetings, 2020 https://aoaceurope.com/2020/10/26/analytical-measurements/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:49:00 +0000 http://horse.themestek.com/?p=140 There was a virutal event 26 and 27 October instead of the planned symposium in Paris, which is cancelled due to the corona virus.

Day 1 – Monday 26th

1 PM to 1.30 PM:  A self-quality control approach for an effective screening of veterinary drugs in various food commodities by LC-MS/MS
Presenter: Aurélien Desmarchelier, Nestec, Nestle, Switzerland

1:30 PM to 2 PM:  Challenges and benefits of portable food safety testing devices,
Presenter: Bert Pöpping, Focos 

2 PM to 2.30 PM:  Experience in validation of chemical rapid methods  – LactoSens,
Presenter: Ole Madsen, Chr. Hansen, Denmark

https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/AOAC2020DAY1


Day 2 – Tuesday 27th

1 PM to 1.30 PM: New ISO 17025: Feedbacks of practitioners: Chemical laboratory,
Presenter: Trevor Lorman, Mérieux Nutrisciences, France/Australia 

1.30 PM to 2 PM: Role of the uncertainty in use of analytical measurement
Presenter: Max Feinberg, Asfilab, Paris, France

https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/AOAC2020DAY2w

]]> Speeding Towards -Omics.. – 2019 https://aoaceurope.com/2019/06/03/nmkl-nordval-international-symposium/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 10:43:00 +0000 http://horse.themestek.com/?p=1 Speeding Towards -Omics..

For available presentations, click on links in the program. 

PROGRAM

3 June  2019

SESSIONS MICROBIOLOGY

Moderators: Gro Johannessen,
Jonas Ilbäck

 CHEMISTRY
Moderators: Barbro Kollander
Eric Verdon
15:15 – 15:45 Whole (meta)genome sequencing in a food safety perspective by Camilla Sekse, Norwegian Veterinary Institute Study example(s) in MS-based metabolomics approaches for detecting exposure to veterinary treatments with medicinal products by  Sophie Mompelat, ANSES, France
15:45 – 16:15 16S rRNA sequencing as a tool for process control in food production by Steffen Lynge Jørgensen, Technological Institute, Denmark Food authenticity testing with next-generation sequencing by Karin Lönnqvist, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Finland
16:15 – 16:45 Next generation microbiological risk assessment: opportunities of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for foodborne pathogen surveillance, source tracking and risk assessment by Kalliopi  Rantsiou, University of Turin, Italy (the presentation too big to be downloaded) Multi-substance screening methods by Wolfgang Radeck, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Germany
16:45 – 17:15 Using WGS from food outbreaks by Saara Salmenlinna, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland Validation of LC-MS/MS methods for quantification of endobiotics in food matrices: a practical approach  by Siegrid De Baere, Ghent University, Belgium

4 June

SESSIONS MICROBIOLOGY

Moderators: Gro Johannessen,
Jonas Ilbäck

 CHEMISTRY
Moderators: Barbro Kollander
Eric Verdon
09:00 – 09:30 The new ISO 16140 standards by Paul in’t Veld, Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA), the Netherlands Development and validation of a comprehensive LC-HRMS based method for the quantification and confirmation of banned growth-promoting substances in animal-based food products by Anton Kaufmann, Cantonal Laboratory Zurich, Switzerland
09:30 – 10:00 Caught between two tools: Proof of concept of the new ISO 16140-6 for the validation of confirmation methods by Danièle Sohier, Bruker Daltonics (MicroVal), Germany Automated laser ablation- and liquid chromatography-ICP-MS sample introduction systems for food safety analysis by C. Derrick Quarles Jr., Elemental Scientific, Omaha, NE, USA
10:00 – 10:15 Salmonella Velox by Tina Mygind, DNA Diagnostic, Denmark Use of portable biosensor devices to assist in food safety decisions earlier in the supply chain by Sandra Salleres, Biolan Microbiosensores, Spain
10:15 – 10:30 Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli (STEC): the first story of the  NF validation according to ISO16140-2; an inside view of a happy end by Sylvie Hallier-Soulier, Pall GeneDisc Technologies, France Proteomics of proteomics of salmon skin mucus: treatment optimisation through group differentiation by Christiane Kruse Fæste, Norwegian Veterinary Institute
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee /Tea break/Exhibition/Poster
11:00 – 11:30 Metagenomics and bioinformatics by Thomas Haverkamp, Norwegian Veterinary Institute Eurachem workshop by Lorens P. Sibbesen, Lab Quality International, Denmark
1)      What is “Fitness for purpose” of an analytical method?
2)      Example 1 on validation of a bioanalytical method
3)      Example 2 concerning the challenges of validating bioanalytical methods
11:30 – 12:00 Using metagenomics to monitor antimicrobial resistance in livestock and beyond by Patrick Munk, National Food Institute , Technical University of Denmark
12:00 – 12:30 Transcriptomic – Shining a light on Listeria by  Kristin Sæbø Pettersen, Norwegian Veterinary Institute
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch/Exhibition/ Poster

SESSION PLENARY

Moderators: Anton Kaufmann (tbc), Dag Grønningen
13:45 – 14:15 Hand-held devices – risk assessment in consumer hands by Bert Popping, FOCOS, Germany
14:15 – 14:30 The European Union-funded Vivaldi project by Mogens Madsen, Technical University of Denmark
14:30 – 14:45 Poster presentations
14:45 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:30 Poster award and closure (summary from the parallel sessions)

]]> Measurement Uncertainty, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2017 https://aoaceurope.com/2017/05/29/measurement-uncertainty-2017/ Mon, 29 May 2017 10:27:00 +0000 http://aoaceurope.dbd-website.eu/?p=7896 Nicosia Cyprus 29-30 May 2017

WORKSHOP EURACHEM  IN COOPERATION WITH EUROPE SECTION OF AOAC INTERNATIONAL

Uncertainty in Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis.

Information about the workshop is available at Eurachem2017.

]]> NMKL & Nordval International symposium, Stockholm, 2015 https://aoaceurope.com/2015/05/21/food-labs-in-crystal-ball/ Thu, 21 May 2015 11:39:00 +0000 http://nutricorp.kwayythemes.com/?p=278 FOOD LABS IN CRYSTAL BALL, FUTURE CHALLENGES IN FOOD ANALYSIS.

For posters and presentations given in the symposium go to Compendium

]]> Rapid Methods, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012 https://aoaceurope.com/2012/05/07/rapuid-methods/ Mon, 07 May 2012 09:06:00 +0000 http://nutricorp.kwayythemes.com/?p=1548 7 – 8 May 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark

AOAC EUROPE AND NMKL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

AOAC Europe – NMKL International symposium, 7 – 8 May 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark

Rapid methods – chemical, microbiological and sensory analysis of foods. For the posters and presentations given in the symposium go to compendium

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