Modernizing pesticide testing: top questions and challenges tackled

[Scott_Pritchett]

 

Three panelists discuss method expansion, detection limits and evolving legislation.

Modernizing pesticide testing is fraught with possibilities — but also big challenges. Today’s pesticides testing labs want to know: 

• How can we expand testing methods to address lower detection limits, more analytes per run and sample prep automation?
• How are other labs adapting to challenges like ever-changing regulations, continual downsizing of sample amounts, ongoing climate change and overwhelming data validation? 
• What are the best ways to improve efficiency? 
• What are the best technologies to help (and are they working)?  
• Where should I prioritize my investment to better ensure quality and efficiency, while also meeting regulations and budget restraints? 
• What holds laboratories back from transforming their pesticides testing operations? 

These are the very questions answered during our scientific roundtable, Emerging trends and future directions in food testing: Modernizing Pesticides Testing.

In case you missed our March 23 discussion, here’s why you may want to tune in to the recording.  

This session featured three panelists — all experts in the field of food or pesticides testing: 

• Susanne Ekroth, Analytical Chemist at the Swedish National Food Agency 
• Steven Lehotay, Lead Scientist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (Winchmore, PA) 
• Dr. Jim Garvey, Head of Food Chemistry, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland 

During the discussion, the panelists covered four hot topics: 

• The key areas to improve pesticide testing efficiency 
• Recent changes in pesticide testing and characterization over the past few years 
• Challenges organizations face when transforming their pesticide testing operations 
• What the future looks like for pesticide characterization, including the challenges posed by new regulations and climate change 

The discussion included an engaging 20-minute Q&A session. 

Want to hear the discussion and learn more about recent changes in pesticide testing? Watch the recording today. 

To learn more about the next roundtable discussion, Top challenges in measuring migration from food contact materials, click here.