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

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.

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)

When:

– on August 23-28, 2024 at the AOAC (138th Annual Meeting), in Baltimore, MD.

– on November 5-8, 2024 at the RAFA (11th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis), in Prague, Czech Republic.

We are presenting on both conferences:

• At AOAC International Annual Meeting in a specific scientific session and at the European Section Meeting.

• At RAFA we will organize on Nov 4th a satellite workshop (see the program below) – you can get registered sending a message to our info@aoaceurope.com address.

Updated program (21 OCt 2024)

Link to the AOAC International website

For posters and presentations given in the symposium go to Compendium

Comparison of different methods of analysis of vitamin B12 in fortified food and beverage samples. See presentation Bhandari

Mycotoxins in Food & Feed, 6 years LC-MS/MS in routine analysis. See presentation Biselli.

MS analysis of peanut allergens in food. See presentation Chassaigne.

Multi-residue methods for pesticides residues and their degradation products in food by UPLC-MS/MS. See presentation AR Fernandez-Alba

New approaches for LC/MS determination of Vitamins. See presentation Gledhill.

Analysis of milk allergens by triple-quadrupole MS. See presentation Heick.

UPLC – HRMS: a tool for multiresidue veterinary drug methods. See presentation A Kaufmann

Residue analysis according to method QuEChERS. See presentation Kettner

Vitamins and Food Contaminants by UPLC-MS/MS. See presentation Le Bouquin.

Ltq-Orbitrap procedure in fight against illegal use of growth promoters in cattle. See presentation LeBizec.

Quantification of milk traces in food matrices using LC/MS. See presentation Petra Lutter.

Ltq-Orbitrap procedure used for Multi-Functional Search in Molecular Chemistry. See presentation Pessel.

Analytical Challenge to meet Legislative Requirements and Consumer demands. See presentation Popping.

Ltq-Orbitrap MS: Identification of antibiotic residues in biological matrices. See presentation Reddy

Rapid screening of drug and pesticeide residues in food using ToF-MS. See presentation Sharman Potential and limitations of LC-MS/MS based multi-mycotoxin analysis. See presentation Sulyok

Quantitative and confirmatory anaysis of veterinary drug residues in food  of animal origin by UPLC-MS/MS after QuEChERS clean-up. See presentation Whelan.

Abstracts Drugs and drug residues

Development of a multi-class method using a simple extraction procedure and HPLC/MS for the determination of about 90 veterinary drug residues in meat by Kristina Albin, Lutz Hartig, Scarlett BisellI; go to poster Biselli.

Depletion Kinetic of maduramicin in Eggs by Renata Ciglaric, Ksenija Sinigoj Gacnik and Jozica Dolenc, go to poster Ciglaric.

Multi-residue Determination of seventeen Sulfonamides and five Tetracyclines in fish tissue using a multi-stage LC-ESI-MS/MS approach based on advanced MSc technics. byMarilena E. Dasenaki and Nikolaos S. Thomaidis; go to poster Dasenaki

Quick And Automated Screening Method For Priority Beta-Agonists In Urine, by M. Godula, Peter Fürst and Thorsten Bernsmann; go to poster Development And Validation of Method for the Determination of Qca and Mqca In Porcine MuscleWith LC-MS/MS, by Georgia Nafti, Spyroula Constantinou, Christoforos PapachrysostomouPopi Kanari, Militsa Hadjigeorgiou; go to poster Hadjigeorgiou.

Development and Validation of a QuEChERS Based Method for the Analysis of Flukicide and Other Anthelmintic Drugs in Liver and Muscle using UPLC-MS/MS Detection, by Brian Kinsella, Michelle Whelan, Helen Cantwell, Martin McCormack, Ambrose Furey and Martin Danaher, go to poster Kinsella

The detection of Veterinary Residues in Meat using LC/MS/MS Analysis by S J Lock, D. Potts, A. Martinez, L. Bonetto and F. Mocholí, go to poster Lock1

Increasing the selectivity of clenbuterol detection in urine samples by using LC/MS/MS in MRM3 mode, by Harald Moeller-Santner, Loren Olson, Thomas Korba, Andre Schreiber; go to poster Moeller.

Development and validation of an analytical methodology for the detection and quantification of amoxicillin in meat by LC-MS/MS by Andreia Freitas, Jorge Barbosa, Fernando Ramos. Go to poster RAMOS.

Quantitative analysis of the new food colorant chrysoidine in fish tissues by UPLC-MS/MS by Tim Reyns, Stéphanie Fraselle, Désiré Laza, Joris Van Loco. Go to poster REYNST1

Multi-residue screening of veterinary drugs in food using high resolution LC accurate mass time-of-flight MS. AAM Stolker, RJB. Peters, Y Bolck, P Rutgersand MWF Nielen. Go to poster STOLKER1

Comprehensive screening and quantification of veterinary drugs in milk by turbulent flow chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (TFC-MS/MS), AAM Stolker, RJB Peters, J DiBussolo,CPB Martins, R. Zuiderent . Go to poster STOLKER2

Thiouracil: The Challenge Of Developping A Quantitative Ultra HPLC-MS/MS Method In Urine Without Derivatisation, by  J. Vanden Bussche, L. Vanhaecke, Y. Deceuninck, K. Verheyden, K. Wille, K. Bekaert, B. Le Bizec & H. De Brabander. Go to poster VANDENBUSSCHE

Abstracts Vitamins and related

Analysis of Collagen in Meat Extracts using LC/MS by Andre Schreiber, Anna Marques, Helio Junior, Takeo Sakuma and Phil Jackson. Go to poster SCHREIBER.

UPLC-UV method to determine antioxidants in foodstuffs by C. Andre; A. Sanches-Silva; J. M. Cruz; I. Castanheira; P. Paseiro-Losada. Go to poster SANCHESSILVA2.

Single Lab Validation of a Two-column LC/UV/Vis Method for Determination of Cyanocobalamin in a Multivitamin Dietary Supplement by Ana Sanches-Silva, Pei Chen, Isabel Castanheira, Wayne R. Wolf. Go to poster SANCHESSILVA1.

Detection and quantification of polyphénols in apples tree leaves : UPLC-DAD utilisation, ROMNEE J.-M., LEFRANCQ B., SINNAEVE G. Go to poster ROMNEE3.

Ascorbic acid detection and quantification in apples : application of a UPLC-MSMS method, ROMNEE J.-M., PISSARD A., MBELO O., DUPONT P., SINNAEVE G. Go to poster ROMNEE2.

Analysis of Sweeteners and Other Ingredients in Drinks by LC with UV Detector and Tandem MS by Li Huang, Ivy Bi, Susie Sun, Wendy Yuan, and PIERRE METRA. Go to poster LIHUANG.

LC/MS/MS Analysis of Water-soluble B Vitamins in Fortified Foods and Beverages by Jim Krol, Loic Beyet, Sneh Bhandari, Jim Carlson^, Andre Schreiber. Go to poster BEYET1.

Comprehensive non-targeted screening and quantification of fruit juice constituents by Lea Heintz, Markus Godejohann, Birk Schütz and Manfred Spraul. Go to poster HEINTZ2.

Ups and downs of the LCMSMS challenge for the analysis of water-soluble B vitamins by Katia De Wasch, Tom Benijts, Christine Van Breusegem, and Frank Benijts. Go to poster DEWASCH.

Abstracts Pesticides

Optimizing recoveries of planar pesticides in spinach using Toluene and AOAC QuEChERS Kits with graphitized carbon by Laure Bertin. Go to poster BERTIN.

Development of specific LC-ESI-MS/MS methods to study the degradation rates and the Pre Harvest Intervals (PHI) of bifenthrin, lufenuron and iprodione in green beans and peas under the Egyptian field conditions by Anna A. Bletsou, Ahmad Hanafi, Marilena E. Dasenaki, Nikolaos S.Thomaidis. Go to poster BLETSOU.

Routine analysis of pesticide residues in foodstuffs: One year of practical experience with QuEChERS method by Martin Dušek; Radim Štepán; Sona Baršová; Petr Cuhra. Go to poster DUSEK.

Multi-Target Screening of up to 650 Pesticides in a Single LC/MS Run by Exact Mass Ion Traces by Petra Decker, Ilmari Krebs, Lea Heintz. Go to poster HEINTZ1.

Simultaneous analysis of 15 mycotoxins, and 120 pesticides in crude extracts of grains by LC/MS/MS by Jürgen Kunze, Angela Giger, André Schreiber, Stephen Lock and Kristin von Czapiewski. Go to poster LOCK2.

LCMS-QQQ method for wide range determination of pesticides with QUECHERS sample preparation according to EN 15662:2008 by Francesco Rosi, Paolo Matteini, Alessandro Miniati, Gianna Salvatici, Claudia Marsini, Tommaso Cafissi, Marco Casieri. Go to poster MATTEINI

LC-TOFMS versus LC-MS/MS for multiresidue screening and quantitation of pesticides in fruits and vegetables by Ortelli Didier, Cognard Emmanuelle, Edder Patrick. Go to poster ORTELLI.

Development and Application of a Pesticide Library for the Identification and Confirmation Analysis in Various Sample Matrices by LC/MS/MS by Harald Möller-Santner, André Schreiber, Lutz Alder. Go to posster SCHREIBER1.

Quantitative Determination Of Bioactive Amines In Red And White Wines By LC-MS; G. Vinci, Iannilli, D. Restuccia, A.M. Tarola. Go to posster TAROLA.

Multiresidue determination of 75 pesticides in asparagus and sweet pepper by QuEChERS method and LC-MS/MS detection by Orlando Lucas, Roxana Ventocilla. Go to poster VENTOCILLA.

Multi-residue routine analysis of 57 pesticides by GC coupled with Time of Flight MS in Honeybee’s pollens by Sophie AMIC, Audrey BULETE, Barbara GIROUD, Carine ARNAUDGUILHEM, Laure WIEST. Go to poster WIEST.pdf

Abstracts Other Contaminants

LC/MS/MS Analysis of Biogenic Amines in Foods and Beverages by Loic Beyet, Takeo Sakuma, Andre Schreiber, Michael Quilliam. Go to poster BEYET2.

QuEChERS extraction and LC-MS/MS analysis for Bisphenol A (BPA) and its BADGE derivates: food simulants vs food matrixes by Bonora A., Garbini D., Barbanera M. and Bonaga G. Go to poster BONORA.

Migration From Cardboard Packaging: Analysis Of Photoinitiators In Cereals By Hplc-Ms/Ms by J. Bustos; R. Sendón; P. Martin; M. E. Cirugeda; J. J. Sanchez; P. Paseiro. Go to poster BUSTOS.

Rapid Detection of Melamine and Cyanuric Acid using a Novel High Capacity Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer by L. J. Fremlin, M. Pelzing, L. Heintz. Go to poster HEINTZ3.

Maximizing the Chromatographic Resolution and Detection Content of Complex Plant Lipid Analyses with Optimized UHPLC Systems by David Lascoux, Jerry Zweigenbaum and Mike Woodman. Go to poster LASCOUX.

An LC-MS/MS multideterminative method for aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2 and ochratoxin A suitable for large scale food control activity in several food matrixes. Lorenzini R., Garbini D., Barbanera M., Braschi I. Go to poster LORENZINI.

Performances of a SPE-UPLC®/MS/MS method for the analysis of human pharmaceutical products in tap water by Sophie Mompelat, Olivier Thomas, Barbara Le Bot. Go to poster MOMPELAT.

Consolidated insights into polysorbate composition: a LC/(HR)MS application. Yann Waye Keuong, Aurélie Salzédo, Laurent Gireaud, Gérard Provot, Laurent Bultel and Serge Pilard. Go to poster PROVOT.

Multi residue analysis of 14 triarylmethane and phenothiazine dyes in aquaculture products by UPLC-MS/MS by Tim Reyns, Henriette Kayirebe, Stéphanie Fraselle, Désiré Laza and Joris Van Loco. Go to poster REYNS2.

Contamination of rice by various mycotoxins after inoculation: development of a UPLC-MSMS method by ROMNEE Jean-Michel, CHANDELIER Anne and SINNAEVE Georges. Go to poster ROMNEE1.

Application Of Acquity Tqd For The Analysis Of Mycotoxin Contaminants In Pistachio, Almond And Cashew Nuts by Sandra Rontree, James Morphet and Peter Hancock. Go to poster RONTREE.

Determination Of Phthalates Migrated From Agglomerated Cork Stoppers By HPLC-MS/MS by T. Sanches; J. Bustos; R. Sendón; M. E. Cirugeda; I. Castanheira; J. J. Sanchez; P. Paseiro. Go to poster SANCHES.

Development of Analysis Methods for the Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Food by UHPLC by Szilágyi Sz., Hollósi L., Lerda D., Wenzl T. Go to poster WENZL.

Abstracts Drugs

Comparison of different methods of analysis of vitamin B12 in fortified food and beverage samples. Go to abstractBhandari.

Mycotoxins in Food & Feed, 6 years LC-MS/MS in routine analysis. Go to abstract Biselli.

MS analysis of peanut allergens in food. Go to abstract Chassaigne.

Multi-residue methods for pesticides residues and their degradation products in food by UPLC-MS/MS. Go to abstract ARFernandez-Alba. 

New approaches for LC/MS determination of Vitamins. Go to abstract Gledhill.

Analysis of milk allergens by triple-quadrupole MS. Go to abstract Heick.

Detection of Wheat Allergens by LC-MS/MS for Major Allergens in Food. Go to abstract Jackson

UPLC – HRMS: a tool for multiresidue veterinary drug methods. Go to abstract A Kaufmann

Residue analysis according to method QuEChERS. Go to abstract Kettner

Vitamins and Food Contaminants by UPLC-MS/MS. Go to abstract Le Bouquin

Ltq-Orbitrap procedure in fight against illegal use of growth promoters in cattle. Go to abstract LeBizec.

Quantification of milk traces in food matrices using LC/MS. Go to abstract Petra Lutter.

Ltq-Orbitrap procedure used for Multi-Functional Search in Molecular Chemistry. Go to abstract Pessel.

Analytical Challenge to meet Legislative Requirements and Consumer demands. Go to abstractPopping.

Rapid screening of drug and pesticeide residues in food using ToF-MS. Go to abstract Sharman

Potential and limitations of LC-MS/MS based multi-mycotoxin analysis. Go to abstract Sulyok

Quantitative and confirmatory anaysis of veterinary drug residues in food  of animal origin by UPLC-MS/MS after QuEChERS clean-up. Go to abstract Whelan

Vitamins, Drug residues, Allergens, Mucotoxins, Pesticides

Comparison of different methods of analysis of vitamin B12 in fortified food and beverage samples. See presentation Bhandari.

Mycotoxins in Food & Feed, 6 years LC-MS/MS in routine analysis. See presentation Biselli.

MS analysis of peanut allergens in food. See presentation Chassaigne.

Multi-residue methods for pesticides residues and their degradation products in food by UPLC-MS/MS. See presentation AR Fernandez-Alba

New approaches for LC/MS determination of Vitamins. See presentation Gledhill.

Analysis of milk allergens by triple-quadrupole MS. See presentation Heick.

UPLC – HRMS: a tool for multiresidue veterinary drug methods. See presentation A Kaufmann

Residue analysis according to method QuEChERS. See presentation Kettner

Vitamins and Food Contaminants by UPLC-MS/MS. See presentation Le Bouquin.

Ltq-Orbitrap procedure in fight against illegal use of growth promoters in cattle. See presentation LeBizec.

Quantification of milk traces in food matrices using LC/MS. See presentation Petra Lutter.

Ltq-Orbitrap procedure used for Multi-Functional Search in Molecular Chemistry. See presentation Pessel.

Analytical Challenge to meet Legislative Requirements and Consumer demands. See presentation Popping.

Ltq-Orbitrap MS: Identification of antibiotic residues in biological matrices. See presentation Reddy

Rapid screening of drug and pesticeide residues in food using ToF-MS. See presentation Sharman

Potential and limitations of LC-MS/MS based multi-mycotoxin analysis. See presentation Sulyok

Quantitative and confirmatory anaysis of veterinary drug residues in food  of animal origin by UPLC-MS/MS after QuEChERS clean-up. See presentation Whelan.