Work Group: Chemical contaminants
Subgroup: Pesticides
Leader: Richard Fussell (Fera)
Subgroup: Veterinary drug residues
Leader: Saskia Sterk (RIVM)
Co-Leader: Philippe Delahaut (CER)
Subgroup: Environmental contaminants
Leader: Martin Rose (Fera)
Co-Leader: Claudia Schulz (Eurofins)
Chemical contaminants cover a wide range of methods and individual contaminants exist within these areas which fit broadly into three groups:
- Pesticide residues
- Veterinary drug residues
- Environmental contaminants
The MoniQA consortium has agreed on a set of priorities for comparison of selected methods including method performance, quality assurance and control, sampling, uncertainty, legislative aspects, traceability and harmonization (horizontal issues). Other priorities, relevant to specific classes, will also be investigated.
The major challenge is the vast size and range of the chemicals covered. Therefore a general approach will be used so as not to exclude any methodological approaches or classes of chemicals.
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