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DIE AKADEMIE FRESENIUS Where Experts Meet! 10 th International Fresenius Conference Pesticide Residues in Food 27 and 28 June 2019 in Wiesbaden/Germany Highlights Regulatory requirements and challenges General food law and the setting of MRLs Alternative sources of pesticide-related compounds Processing factors: new European database and experience of industry and food control Transfer of biocide residues into food Monitoring: programmes and challenges EFSA on pesticide residues in food and the assessment of the risk for consumers Experience from India Update on human biomonitoring Analytical methods and tools: application and developments Highly-sensitive determination of glyphosate and glufosinate in complex food matrices Nanoflow liquid chromatography high resolution mass spectrometry EURL-FV: critical evaluation of supercritical fluid chromatography for pesticide residues analysis Focus: pesticide metabolites Reprocessing of full scan data Multi-pesticide metabolites screening in plant-derived commodities The Experts Lutz Alder formerly German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Michelangelo Anastassiades EU Reference Laboratory for Pesticides requiring Single Residue Methods (EURL-SRM) Maria Anastassiadou European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Kaushik Banerjee Indian National Research Centre for Grapes Gracia Brisco The Secretariat of the Codex Alimentarius Commission Monika Bross BASF Víctor Cutillas Juárez European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables (EURL-FV) Juan Francisco García-Reyes University of Jaén Kathrin Gottlob German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Friederike Habedank State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Jana Hajšlová University of Chemistry and Technology Prague Caroline Harris Exponent Karsten Hohgardt German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) Magnus Jezussek Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority Jörg Konetzki Institut Kirchhoff Berlin Jürgen Kuballa GALAB Laboratories Hans Mol Wageningen Food Safety Research Luc Peeters Copa-Cogeca Peter Rinke SGF/IRMA Julie Roïz FEDIOL Rebekka Scholz German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

The Programme Get-together on Wednesday, 26 June 2019 Will you arrive on Wednesday? Come into the hotel bar at 8 p.m. and meet other participants and experts in a relaxed atmosphere. Thursday, 27 June 2019 8.30 Registration and coffee 9.00 Welcome address by Akademie Fresenius and introduction by the Chair Monika Bross, BASF, Germany Regulatory requirements and challenges 9.10 MRL setting and general food law issues to be discussed Official controls conducted by Member States Interdependence with general food law Controls conducted by stakeholders Karsten Hohgardt, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Germany 9.35 Codex Maximum Residue Limits Gracia Brisco, The Secretariat of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Italy 10.00 Farmers perspective to a sustainable future in crop protection Evaluation of the 1107/2009 impact at farm level New possibilities coming from the fertiliser legislation Roadmap Copa-Cogeca/IBMA towards a new approach in crop protection MRL market mechanism or non-tariff barrier of trade Luc Peeters, Copa-Cogeca, Belgium 10.25 Panel discussion 10.45 Coffee break 11.15 Biocide residues in food Transfer of biocides into food Case study 1: DEET in hand-picked foods Case study 2: Disinfection by-product chlorate Kathrin Gottlob, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany 11.40 Exploring alternative sources of pesticiderelated compounds Processing artefacts Soil and water contaminants Contaminants from past pesticide uses Unintentional misuses in organic farming Phytogenic compounds Michelangelo Anastassiades, EU Reference Laboratory for Pesticides requiring Single Residue Methods (EURL-SRM), CVUA Stuttgart, Germany 12.10 Panel discussion 12.30 Lunch 14.00 A new European database of processing factors Quality criteria for processing studies and processing factors Representative food processing technologies Transparency and reliability of processing data Rebekka Scholz, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany 14.25 Experiences of an official food control laboratory in the assessment of residues in processed food Legal requirements Possibilities to deal with residues in processed food Magnus Jezussek, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Germany 14.50 Processing factors - industry view Julie Roïz, FEDIOL, Belgium 15.15 Panel discussion 15.45 Coffee break Monitoring: programmes and challenges Chair Caroline Harris, Exponent, United Kingdom 16.15 The EFSA pesticide residues activities Proposals for setting/reviewing MRLs Assessment of the risk for consumers Challenges ahead Maria Anastassiadou, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Italy 16.40 Interactivity and refinement for pesticide control in the global supply market of the fruit juice industry Voluntary control system of SGF International FRAPP principles Fruit and vegetable juices Pesticide control of import products Proactive survey of legislation and MRL setting Peter Rinke, SGF/IRMA, Germany

17.05 Panel discussion 17.30 End of first conference day 18.30 Departure time for the evening event After the first conference day Akademie Fresenius would like to invite you to a leisurely evening at the vineyard of Joachim Flick in the wine-growing region Rheingau. You have the opportunity of better getting to know other participants you met during the day over a relaxed wine tasting and meal. Don t miss out on this opportunity! Friday, 28 June 2019 8.30 Welcome address by the Chair Caroline Harris 8.40 (Dietary) exposure assessment of pesticides through human biomonitoring Biomarker discovery/verification through human volunteer studies Suspect screening of pesticide biomarkers using LC-full scan high resolution MS Residues in 24h duplicate diet vs their biomarkers in 24h urine Hans Mol, Wageningen Food Safety Research, The Netherlands 9.05 Experience of the National Referral Laboratory (NRL) in India with the implementation of fit for purpose methods for the country s export promotion Evolution of NRL: 2004 to date Method harmonisation with the EU and across Indian laboratories Sustainable improvements and transition from multiresidue to single residue methods Impact assessment: a few case studies Kaushik Banerjee, National Research Centre for Grapes, India 9.30 Panel discussion 9.50 Coffee break Analytical methods and tools: application and developments Chair Lutz Alder, formerly German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany 10.10 Evaluation of nanoflow liquid chromatography high resolution mass spectrometry for pesticide residue analysis in food Limits of quantitation in the ng Kg-1 range (ca. 100- fold lower than MRLs) The use of high dilution factors (1:50 or beyond) Matrix effects and matrix-matched calibration Juan Francisco García-Reyes, University of Jaén, Spain 10.35 Critical evaluation of supercritical fluid chromatography for pesticide residues analysis Reducing ion suppression by using SFC-MS/MS Multiresidue analysis of pesticides using short run times Víctor Cutillas Juárez, European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables (EURL-FV), University of Almería, Spain 11.00 Highly-sensitive determination of glyphosate and glufosinate in complex food matrices Overview of recent methods Analytical challenges and requirements Workflow (automated derivatisation, online-ligand exchange-spe-lc-/ms/ms) Validation of complex matrices Jörg Konetzki, Institut Kirchhoff Berlin, Germany 11.25 Panel discussion 11.55 Coffee break Focus: pesticide metabolites 12.15 Disclosure of pesticide metabolites by reprocessing of full scan data Are all my hits for real? Significance of data evaluation after reprocessing Comparison of reprocessed data to validatable scope Regulation still tricky Friederike Habedank, State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany 12.40 Multi-pesticide metabolites screening in plant-derived commodities Phase I and II metabolism LC-QTOF-MS suspect/target screening Pilot studies (pak choi, broccoli) Jürgen Kuballa, GALAB Laboratories, Germany 13.05 Occurrence of pesticide metabolites/degradation products in our diet: what does it mean? Jana Hajšlová, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic 13.30 Panel discussion 14.00 Lunch and end of the conference Information available online at: www.akademie-fresenius.com/2601

The Experts Lutz Alder worked for the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) between 1991 and 2015. In this period, he coordinated the development of official German analytical methods for pesticides. After his retirement in 2015, he continued to work as a convenor for the CEN and started to act as a private consultant. Michelangelo Anastassiades gained his PhD in pesticide residue analysis. From 2000 to 2002 he worked as a visiting scientist at the USDA. Since 2006 he has been Head of the EU Reference Laboratory for Pesticides using Single Residue Methods. Maria Anastassiadou joined EFSA in 2014 and works as a Scientific Officer in EFSA s Pesticide Residues Unit. She holds a PhD in chemistry and worked for over 16 years as a regulatory scientist in the food safety area. Kaushik Banerjee is heading the National Referral Laboratory for agrochemical residues in India. Over the past two decades, he has been significantly contributing to building holistic food safety and risk assessment systems for various agricultural commodities in India. Gracia Brisco has been working at the Secretariat of the Codex Alimentarius Commission since 1997 and currently focuses on food safety standards. Monika Bross has been working at BASF Agricultural Center in Limburgerhof for more than 25 years. Within BASF she has been involved in all types of residue and metabolism studies, but also in dietary exposure assessment and the preparation of dossiers for international submissions (EU, US, Asia, Brazil, JMPR). She is member of association expert teams dealing with residue related topics (including MRL setting). Víctor Cutillas Juárez is a Researcher at the European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables (EURL-FV) at the University of Almería. His research focuses on the application of supercritical fluid chromatography for the analysis of pesticides in fruit and vegetables. Juan Francisco García-Reyes has been Associate Professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Jaén since 2010. His current research interests include the development and application of different UHPLC-HRMS methodologies for small-molecule applications and the use of new ambient and atmospheric pressure ionisation methods. Kathrin Gottlob is a Food Chemist. Since 2007 she has been working at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) evaluating biocide residues in food. She is a member of the ad-hoc working group ARTFood (Assessment of Residue Transfer to Food) which supports the Biocidal Products Committee with issues related to human exposure to biocides through food. Friederike Habedank is Head of the department for the analysis of pesticide residues and organic contaminants at the State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. She is an active member of national working groups in the field of residue analysis. Jana Hajšlová is the Head of the laboratory at the Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition of the University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) Prague. She is the national delegate for the EU HORIZON 2020 Programme Committee Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy. Caroline Harris is the Centre Director for Chemical Regulation and Food Safety in Exponent International s UK office. After many years as a Regulator at CRD, she continues to be involved with MRLs, import tolerances and pesticide residues in international trade. She also remains highly active in the field of consumer risk assessment. Karsten Hohgardt is the Head of the unit responsible for risk management in the field of toxicology and residue behaviour at BVL. Since 2006 he has also been Deputy Head of Department Plant Protection Products. His main experience lies in MRL setting and residue behaviour. Magnus Jezussek is a Food Chemist and received his PhD in the field of flavour research. He started his career at the pesticide residue laboratory of the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority in 2003 and became Director of the Department for Residues, Contaminants and Consumer Products in 2018. Jörg Konetzki is a Food Chemist and has been working for Institut Kirchhoff Berlin since 2003. As a member of the R&D department he is responsible for the implementation of new analytical methods and the improvement of implemented methods. The main focus of his work is the analysis of contaminants and pesticides. Jürgen Kuballa is a Chemist and Managing Director of GALAB Laboratories. He has been Chair of the German Laboratory Association Fruits and Vegetables (DeLOG) since 2012 and is currently working on the FOODOMICS project which aims at developing a procedure for testing the authenticity of food. Hans Mol is a Senior Scientist at Wageningen Food Safety Research. Focus of his research is on pesticide residues and mycotoxins in food and feed, environment, and on human biomonitoring. He is heading the NRL for pesticides in animal products and is Deputy Head of the EURL for mycotoxins and plant toxins. Luc Peeters is a member of the BelOrta staff responsible for external relations. Before that, he was a General Manager of the research and development centre for vegetable crops, including responsibility for the implementation of a national food safety monitoring system for fruit and vegetables. He is currently the Chairman of the Copa-Cogeca Working Party on Phytosanitary Questions. Peter Rinke is a Food Chemist and expert for food authenticity and food safety. He is Head of R&D at SGF International, responsible for further development of the global voluntary control system of the fruit juice industry and analytical research. Julie Roïz has been Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Manager at FEDIOL since 2013. Rebekka Scholz is an Analytical Chemist. She joined the BfR in 2014 and worked on the compilation and evaluation of the BfR database for processing factors. From 2016 to 2018, she was involved in creating the EFSA database on processing factors. She also evaluates analytical studies in the context of the approval of plant protection products.

About Who do you meet? Professionals working in the fields of: Residue analysis Food chemistry Monitoring Quality assurance and control Product safety Food safety Legal and regulatory affairs Registration Research and development Raw material management Sectors taking part: Agrochemical industry Food and drink industry Regulatory authorities Food inspection offices Research institutes Scientific consultants Professional associations Of special interest to food chemists: This conference is a training measure recognised by the ZFL (Certification body for advanced food chemistry training) and has been scored with 15 points. Trade Exhibition Our conference provides you with the opportunity of presenting your company in a trade display. Present your products and services and reach out to your specific target groups. We would be happy to provide you with information on all the various options available from displaying product information to an exhibition stand with no further obligation on your part. Use the attached fax reply sheet to request our information material. Or simply call us. We would be more than pleased to assist you personally. Dominique Perry phone: +49 231 75896-64 dperry@akademie-fresenius.de The Organiser For 25 years, Akademie Fresenius has been your partner for practice orientated training on all the latest topics surrounding the safety and quality of food, consumer goods and chemical products along the whole production chain. Our portfolio not only includes interna tional conferences but also offers national trade meetings, intensive practical seminars and training in small work groups. Our events are designed to promote an active exchange amongst our participants and offer the perfect platform for bringing the industry, the scientific sector, the authorities and the consulting field together. Excellent service, all inclusive. Our wide ranging advanced training op portunities contribute to giving our customers the competitive edge in all quality assurance, risk assessment, legal, production and technical questions. Akademie Fresenius is a joint venture between Cognos, one of the largest private and independent education groups in Germany, and SGS Institut Fresenius, one of the leading German providers of chemical laboratory analysis. You can find details on upcoming and new events at www.akademie-fresenius.com Do you have any questions? Programme and conceptual design Claudia Werner phone: +49 231 75896-84 cwerner@akademie-fresenius.de Organisation and participant management Danielle Sörries phone: +49 231 75896-74 dsoerries@akademie-fresenius.de

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