Analytical Measurements – AOACEUROPE

Reference to the Cooperation Agreement

Rosario Montes Nino — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:22:00 +0000

Strategic Partnership: AOAC Europe & EUROLAB

In line with the Cooperation Agreement between the European Section of AOAC and EUROLAB, both organizations are committed to fostering technical excellence and knowledge sharing within the European laboratory community.

As part of this ongoing collaboration, we are pleased to support and promote the initiatives of our partners that drive innovation in our sector. In this context, we invite our members to participate in the upcoming focus group meeting for the “Lab of the Future” project.

Event Announcement: Lab of the Future

European Focus Group Meeting (Online) Date: 26 March 2026

Time: 11:00 – 13:00 CET

The Lab of the Future project is co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ programme and seeks to promote practical training in digital tools for laboratory technicians and students in VET centres across Europe, while accelerating the digital and green transition of the laboratory sector. Among the key project deliverables, there will be 6 training modules and sessions in the five partner countries, shaping a European Qualifications Framework for digital laboratory technicians, drafting digitalisation strategies and creating a European Digitalisation Working Group.

To gather feedback at European level, consortium partners EUROLAB and EfVET are organising an online European focus group meeting, where lab technicians, VET trainers and teachers, as well as formal and non-formal training providers can share their views on the challenges to implement digitalisation practices in their training environment and suggest their recommendations for improvement.

Participants will gain insights in innovative digitalisation practices to possibly replicate in their context, allowing them to explore synergies and partnerships with lab centres and training providers.

In interested, you can register here: Lab of the Future Erasmus+ Project – European focus group meeting – Fill in form

As part of the project activities, we are also collecting real-life case studies of digitalisation practices implemented in laboratories and VET centres. If you wish to share your experience and best practices, we kindly ask you to complete the questionnaire here: Digitalisation practices in EU laboratories and VET Centres

Video of the presentation made with BAU (Al Balqa Applied University, Jordan) representing our AOAC Europe Section

Rosario Montes Nino — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:04:04 +0000

Salvatore Paris

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Rosario Montes Nino — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:15:41 +0000

Best Wishes message.

2025 has been a fantastic year for @AOACEUROPE! Some of our Members have received important AOAC Awards… and our Section has also received the AOAC Section of the Year Award! In addition, we have been involved in different activities, including the last presentation concerning Artificial Intelligence and allergens detection in Jordan (29th November 2025, Amman and Al-Salt) and the next satellite workshop concerning Best Practices for Bioassay Testing of Food and other Complex Mixtures (23rd January 2026, Wien). We have to organize more activities in 2026 – stay tuned and connected.

Satellite Workshop: “Best Practices for Bioassay Testing of Food and other Complex Mixtures.”

Rosario Montes Nino — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:23:22 +0000

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Virtual: Joint NMKL and AOAC Europe Novel Food Symposium 2 June 2025

Eystein Oveland — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:26:00 +0000

When:

– 2 June, 2025 @ 08:30 am – 5:00 pm CEST

Novel Food Symposium on Analytical Methods and Quality Assurance

– the need for standardization of analytical methods, new reference materials and PT schemes for quality assurance in the routine.

→ View the Program (NMKL.org)

Analytical Measurements in the Society – Virtual meetings, 2020

Admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:49:00 +0000

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

Admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 10:43:00 +0000

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	Poster presentations
15:00 – 15:30	Poster award and closure (summary from the parallel sessions)

Measurement Uncertainty, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2017

Admin — Mon, 29 May 2017 10:27:00 +0000

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.

Rapid Methods, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012

Admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:06:00 +0000

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