Residual Pesticide Screening in Cannabis Matrices Tips and Tricks

Ensuring target pesticides identified in the various U.S. state and Country lists like Canada to do not exceed defined action levels is challenging for many reasons. These include the need for proper sample preparation to mitigate chemical noise and interferences from an extremely complex matrix, robust, highly selective and sensitive analytical methodologies, and data analysis and reporting tools designed specifically for this workflow. 

In this presentation, two senior scientists from Agilent will discuss their experience and lessons learned over the past several years for the analysis of residual pesticides in cannabis. Attendees will learn why single-steam sample preparation designed for both LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS systems working in parallel is a superior tactic compared to simple dilute and shoot LC-MS/MS approaches.

Presenter: Anthony Macherone, PhD (Senior Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

For the past 4.5 years, Dr. Macherone has been leading a team of Agilent scientists for the development and deployment of analytical testing methodologies for cannabis and hemp products. Anthony has written extensively on cannabis testing, and contributed several chapters to books about cannabis. In June 2020, Anthony joined Cannabis Science and Technology®’s Editorial Advisory Board.

Presenter: Peter Rye, PhD (LC/MS Applications Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)
 

Peter is a pre-sales Application Engineer with Agilent Technologies. He has been with Agilent for 10 years developing LC, RapidFire, and mass spec methods on a wide range of molecules. Prior to Agilent, Peter worked in analytical development groups for BioTove and BIOCIUS, the original companies that developed the RapidFire platform. In his spare time, you can find Peter relaxing with his wife and kids in Beverly Massachusetts, trying to fix the many problems with his home, or staying active outdoors.