Project Details:

Mass Spectrometric Techniques for Multi-Residue Monitoring of Pesticides in Food and Animal Feedstuffs

Objective is to describe how the various forms of low resolution mass spectrometry, when linked with GC or LC, can be best utilized to generate reliable residue data for a wide variety of food and pesticide combinations. A harmonized approach to multiresidue analysis and recommended guidelines for analytical quality control will be developed. Project will be of assistance to laboratories and national regulatory bodies involved with enforcement of CODEX or national MRL's and conduct of consumer dietary risk assessments.

• Advanced draft available. A revised draft will be available for review during early 1999, and project conclusions and recommendations will be reviewed by the Commission on Agrochemicals and the Environment at the Berlin General Assembly during August, 1999. The project will be completed by the end of 1999 and a final report prepared for publication in PAC. (November, 1998)