PROGRAMME

NANTES, FRANCE

The SARAF training takes place within Oniris in Nantes (France).

Oniris is about 40 minutes by bus or tram from the city centre, Nantes is 380 km south-west from Paris (2 hours by train, 45 min by plane), and 30 min from the Atlantic Sea Coast.

LOCATION

A detailed programme is available for each session on the SARAF website.

School for Advanced Residue Analysis in FoodSchool for Advanced Residue Analysis in Food

www.saraf-educ.org

Oniris

LABERCA

Route de Gachet - CS 50707

44307 NANTES Cedex 3 - France

Contact person: Florence RAMDIN

Tel: +33 2 40 68 78 80

Fax: +33 2 40 68 78 78

E-mail: saraf@oniris-nantes.fr

School for Advanced Residue Analysis in FoodSchool for Advanced Residue Analysis in Food

A unique and comprehensive

international course

dedicated to chemical food safety

Type Title SubTitle

Theory Introduction,

conclusion Welcome, introduction, programme,

conclusion & debriefing

Theory Regulation

Compounds to monitor

International Food Regulation

(particular case of EU)

Risk assessment and regulatory limits

Theory Sample

Preparation

Sample preparation: decision tree,

extraction and purification

Practical Some examples of applications: my-

cotoxins, pesticides, antibiotics…

Theory

Confirmatory Methods

MS part I: ionisation

MS part II: detection and acquisition

Chromatographic-MS coupling

Practical

Structural elucidation (beta-agonists

compounds)

GC-MS and LC-MS practical aspects

(optimisation, maintenance)

Some examples of applications: per-fluorinated compounds, persistant

organic pollutants…

Data analysis: GC-MS/MS, GC-HRMS,

LC-MS/MS…

Theory

Metabolism

Introduction to metabolism

Practical Particular case of application: ana-

bolic steroids

Theory

Quality in analytical

laboratories

European analytical criteria

2002/657/EC

Validation of analytical methods

Quality management

Origin of the SARAF participants:

School for Advanced Residue Analysis in FoodSchool for Advanced Residue Analysis in Food

COURSE ORGANISATION

The course is ISO9001:2008 certified and takes place

over 1 week at Oniris in Nantes. All the lectures and

practicals are provided in English, in an air conditioned,

fully equipped conference room (sound system, video

projector, internet facilities and computers for hands-off

work) and within a highly sophisticated analytical plat-

form.

OBJECTIVES

The objective is to give technicians, scientists, engineers

and postgraduate students in analytical chemistry enjoying

a good scientific background and professional experience

in the field of residue analysis, the opportunity to:

Improve their knowledge of analytical chemistry and

especially of the methodology applied to the control

of residues and contaminants in food.

Be trained on hyphenated techniques involving gas

and liquid chromatography coupled to sophisticated

detectors, such as mass spectrometers.

Learn and put into practice examples of efficient

methods applied in most European laboratories for

the control of residues and contaminants in food.

Learn how to validate a method.

Get a better knowledge of the general regulation

regarding residues and contaminants in food.

Increase their knowledge of quality assurance

applied to assays and method development.

Create their own network for further technical and

scientific cooperation.

CONTRIBUTORS The SARAF team of lecturers is made up of highly experi-

enced and internationally recognised experts:

INTRODUCTION

SARAF is a Continuous

Education Programme

from Oniris (National

College of Veterinary

Medicine, Food Science

and Engineering) aimed at training junior or more

advanced scientists to the analysis of

residues and contaminants in food. This concept was

elaborated in 2001 by a European network of

laboratories in charge of these measures and has

been coordinated since its creation by LABERCA

(National Reference Laboratory for the analysis of

growth promoters and several classes of environ-

mental contaminants in food). Trainees are both

scientists involved in residue control laboratories in

non-European countries and staff from official labo-

ratories in the EU.

SARAF THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

SARAF in Europe. By the end of 2015, SARAF has

already welcomed more than 300 participants

from 90 countries in Nantes. 22 Training Sessions

have been organised, 7 of which were specially

tailored for the European Commission (DG Trade/

DG Sanco).

SARAF overseas. From 2008 to 2013, tailor-made

training sessions of 1-2 weeks were organised in 15

countries around the globe (South America, Africa,

Asia, Oceania) in the framework of a contract with

the EC DG Trade.

Coffee breaks, lunches and social events are organised

to provide privileged moments of discussion between

lecturers and trainees.