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3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
TDRM Workshop: Estimation of Measurement
Uncertainty and Reference Materials
The estimation of measurement uncertainty (MU) is an
important, but often neglected part of method development
and method validation. In this workshop, experts in the
fields of environmental, agricultural, food, supplement,
and clinical analysis will work through examples for the
estimation of MU of analytical results in relevant matrix
based samples. Different strategies for estimation of MU
will be explained as well as the use of MU in relation
to certified reference materials (CRMs) and proficiency
testing (PT).
CO-CHAIR:
Catherine Rimmer,
National Institute of
Standards and Technology
CO-CHAIR:
Sidney Sudberg,
Alkemists Laboratories
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Wiley Award Symposium: New Analytical Tools to
Solve Challenges in Contaminant and Adulterant
Analysis
The Wiley Award Symposium will honor the 2016 Wiley
Award recipient Prof. Jana Hajšlová. The speakers are
Prof. Hajšlová’s long-term collaborators. They will discuss
new analytical tools that can be used to solve new and
old challenges in chemical contaminant and adulterant
analysis.
CHAIR:
Katerina Mastovska,
Covance Laboratories Inc.
•
Rudolf Krska,
University of Natural Resources and
Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
Novel Infrared Spectroscopic and Mass Spectrometric
Tools to Identify and Quantify Novel Secondary
Metabolites in Cereals and Other Foods
•
Michel Nielen,
RIKILT - Institute of Food Safety
Planar Bioaffinity Arrays for the Analysis of Mycotoxins
in Beer
•
Petr Cuhra,
Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection
Authority (CAFIA)
Official Control of Food and Food Supplement
Adulteration—Recent Examples
•
Katerina Mastovska,
Covance Laboratories Inc.
New Analytical Tools to Solve Old and New Challenges
in Contaminant Analysis
Laboratory Accreditation – Progress towards the
Nation’s Integrated Food/Feed Safety System
The U.S. FDA initiated formation of the Partnership
for Food Protection (PFP) in 2008 to further the goal of
creating an Integrated Food Safety System. The PFP
plays an integral role in implementing the Food Safety
Modernization Act (FSMA), particularly as it pertains
to “improve the effectiveness of federal, state, and local
partnerships to coordinate food safety and defense
resources and reduce the incidence of foodborne illness.”
FSMA stresses the importance of quality testing
standards and directs FDA to establish a program for
laboratory accreditation. In 2012, FDA entered into
five-year cooperative agreements with 31 state food-
testing laboratories to either attain ISO/IEC 17025:2005
accreditation (23) or expand/maintain existing ISO
accreditation (8). FDA also awarded a five-year cooperative
agreement to the Association of Public Health Laboratories
(APHL) to support laboratory accreditation in collaboration
with the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
and the Association of American Feed Control Officials
(AAFCO). In 2015, an additional 26 food/feed testing
laboratories were awarded funding to obtain ISO/IEC
17025 accreditation.
ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation attests to the competency and
technical capability of a laboratory, leading to results which
are defensible to a recognized standard. Accreditation
supports the traceability and accountability of results
generated by a laboratory that may be made available for
consideration by federal agencies for enforcement actions.
Investment in laboratory accreditation for the Nation’s
regulatory food/feed testing laboratories will work to
protect the public health by providing greater laboratory
capacity of quality data submitted to regulatory food
agencies.
CO-CHAIR:
Yvonne Salfinger,
Association of Public Health
Laboratories
CO-CHAIR:
Ruiqing Pamboukian,
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
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Ruiqing Pamboukian,
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
FDA Perspectives on ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation for
Food/Feed Regulatory Testing Laboratories
•
Sharon Shea,
Association of Public Health
Laboratories
Association Efforts to Integrate the Nation’s Food
Laboratories
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Dirk Shoemaker,
Nebraska Department of
Agriculture Laboratory
A State’s Perspective on ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation