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JOANNE MARIE COOK (Jo Marie)
WORK ADDRESS
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3125 Conner Blvd, Bldg. 3
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1650
(850) 617-7505
EDUCATION__________________________________________________________
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry 'With Honor' 1970, Michigan State University, Lansing MI
Information Science (34 qrt.hrs.) 1987 - 90, University of North Florida and St. Johns River
Community College
Certified Public Manager, 1997, Florida State University
WORK EXPERIENCE___________________________________________________
2005 - present
Bureau Chief
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (FDACS)
Chemical Residue Laboratories
Oversees the operations of the FDACS Bureau of Chemical Residue Laboratories including 27
residue chemists, 5 technicians, 7 field inspectors and 2 office staff. The laboratories conduct
chemical residue testing of foods for pesticides, antibiotics and other targeted and non-target
screens for toxins in foods including major federal grant programs:
Provides oversight and direction for the Department’s Florida Pesticide Residue Regulatory
Program as well as three major grant programs: sample collections and analysis of pesticides
residues for the Pesticide Data Program; aseptic sample collections for the Food Inspection of
retail grocery stores and screening for toxic and poisonous compounds for the Food Emergency
Response Program. Managed Florida’s BP Oil Spill laboratory program including analysis for
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dioctyl sulfosuccinate dispersant in seafood.
The Chemical Residue Laboratories are accredited by American Association for Laboratory
Accreditation (A2LA) to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard, General Requirements for the Competence
of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, for the specific tests listed in certificate 2534.03:
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CR PDP Screen: Multiresidue screening of Pesticide Data Program (PDP) samples
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CR Screen 100: Multiresidue pesticides in State Program fruits and vegetables
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CR Method 403: Preparation and LC/MS/MS analysis of chloramphenicol and florphenicol
in honey
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Flexible scope*: Analysis of pesticide residues in foods using gas chromatography with
MS/MS or MS
n
acquisition modes
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Flexible scope*: Analysis of pesticide residues in foods using liquid chromatography with
MS/MS or MS
n
acquisition modes or LC high resolution mass spectrometry with MS/MS
or MS
n
acquisition modes
*There are circumstances in which this laboratory must perform testing activities not covered
on their fixed scope of accreditation, such as for additional matrices (flexibility concerning
sample type) or additional parameters (flexibility concerning analytes)
2000 - 2005
Environmental Manager
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Chemical Residue Laboratories
Manage the Tallahassee Chemical Residue Laboratory. Oversee day to