Workshop – April 2010

Contaminants in food and feed


Application of ambient mass spectrometry for the analysis of food contaminants/residues and metabolomic fingerprinting

Seminar and training

26-27 April 2010

Organised by
Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis of The Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

Cooperating institutions:
The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, UK
and
RIKILT – Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Supporting institution:
KR Analytical Ltd, Sandbach, UK
This training is supported by the European Commission funded Integrated Projects:
FOOD-CT-2004-06988 “BIOCOP (New Technologies to Screen Multiple Chemical Contaminants in Foods)” coordinated by Queen’s University (Belfast, UK)
FP7-211326-CP “CONffIDENCE (Contaminants in Food and Feed: Inexpensive Detection for Control of Exposure)” coordinated by RIKILT – Institute of Food Safety (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
On April 26-27, 2010, a training course on “Application of ambient mass spectrometry for the analysis of food contaminants/residues and metabolomic fingerprinting” was co-organised by CONffIDENCE and BIOCOP projects in Prague, Czech Republic.

This training course provided participants with knowledge in the application of ambient mass spectrometry for the rapid analysis of food contaminants (e.g. pesticide residues, mycotoxins). The benefits and limitations of a number of different ambient mass spectrometry techniques were discussed, including Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) and the Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe (ASAP). The training focused on the theory and practical application of (a) DART coupled to a high resolution mass spectrometer (time of flight, TOFMS or orbitrap MS), and (b) Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe (ASAP) coupled to a quadrupole/TOFMS.

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Programme Training course

April 26 (Monday)

09:00 Registration of the participants

09:30 Welcome

09:35 Lectures

Ambient mass spectrometry in food analysis
Prof. Dr. Jana Hajslova, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

Operation of DART source – how it works and latest Developments
Dr. Brian Musselman, IonSense, Inc., Saugus, MA, USA

The application of Ambient Solids Analysis Probe (ASAP) – TOFMS for the rapid analysis of food contaminants/residues
Richard Fussell, The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, UK

DESI–MS in food contaminants control
Dr. Hans Mol, RIKILT – Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen, The Netherlands

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Practical session I: DART–TOFMS and DART–Orbitrap-MS

Introduction to the instrumental software, data evaluation, high throughput analysis of pesticide residues and mycotoxins

14:30 Satellite workshop: IonSense

The Art of DART
Dr. Brian Musselman, IonSense, Inc., Saugus, MA, USA

16:00 Discussion

16:30 End of the 1st day of the training

19:00 Social dinner

April 27 (Tuesday)

10:00 Practical session II: ASAP–Q/TOFMS

Introduction to the instrumental software, data evaluation, high throughput analysis of pesticide residues and mycotoxins

11:00 Satellite workshop II: Thermo

Application of ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry in food analysis
Dr. Michal Godula

12:00 Lunch

14:00 Practical session III: Food authenticity and profiling

Application of DART–TOFMS and DART–Orbitrap-MS as fingerprinting techniques for food authenticity and profiling

15:00 Satellite workshop III: Waters

ASAP – Use of ambient sampling technique in food safety
Jean-Marc Joumier

Rapid fingerprinting of chemical composition in food produce and food profiling for product development, adulteration,tracing, origin
Dr. Sandra Rontree:

16:00 Discussion, summary of the outcomes, performance characteristics of ambient mass spectrometry methods in residue analysis

16:30 End of the 2nd day of the training