United Nations Agencies Fund Initiative to Improve Food Safety in Developing Countries

Phenomenex announces that Serena Lazzaro, the company’s global marketing manager for food safety and quality, was selected as a trainer for a recent workshop conducted jointly by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The two-week workshop, “Integrated Analytical Techniques to Control Contaminants in Food,” took place last month at the Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory (FEPL) in Seibersdorf, Austria. The training was created for the Latin America and Caribbean network RALACA (Red de Laboratorios de análisis America Latina y el Caribe).  Participants in the workshop represented government and nongovernment labs as well as representatives from universities involved in controlling and monitoring food supply in developing countries.

Lazzaro presented an overview of sample preparation and HPLC solutions to analyze contaminants in foods as well as evolving food legislation, international standards and method performance requirements. She also reviewed the differences between screening and confirmatory methods.

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