Advances in Food and Beverage Testing 2024 (Day 1)

Explore the latest knowledge on the safety, authenticity and quality of food and beverages, as well as the technology that supports the critical work done to ensure the integrity of the food supply chain.

This online symposium will explore:

• Untargeted analysis techniques used to ensure food authenticity
• Sample preparation techniques for food applications
• Use of thermal infrared imaging for salmonella detection
• Elemental analysis for food and beverage testing
• Miniaturized food analysis devices
• Sustainable lab consumables for food analysis
• Heavy metals in processed baby food
• Residual analysis using GC/MS

Day 1 – July 24

16:00 – 17:00 BST How to Use and Interpret Untargeted Testing for Food Authenticity

• John Points, Kate Kemsley, PhD and Catherine Frankis, PhD (Food Authenticity Network)

17:00 – 17:10 BST Networking Break

17:10 – 17:55 BST Beyond All Limits: Elevating the Standards of Residual Analysis with Triple Quadrupole GC/MS

• Joel Ferrer and Anastasia Andrianova, PhD (Agilent)

17:55 – 18:00 BST Networking Break

18:00 – 18:20 BST Elemental Analysis Trends and Advances in Food and Beverage Testing

• Nikolay Kovachev, PhD (Agilent)

18:20 – 18:30 BST Networking Break

18:30 – 19:10 BST The Use of Thermal Infrared Cameras for Pathogen Detection (Salmonella) on Tomato Surfaces

• Andy Moreno, PhD (AME Certified PCR AI Laboratories)

19:10 – 19:20 BST Networking Break

19:20 – 19:40 BST About the Use of Micro-SPE for an Automated and Green Sample Preparation

• Hans-Joachim Hübschmann, PhD (PAL System)

19:40 – 19:50 BST Networking Break

19:50 – 20:30 BST Driving Behaviors for Food and Beverage Breakthroughs

• Trevor Morones, PhD (Control Point)

20:30 BST End of Day 1