A few words about AOAC
AOAC SEA is a part of AOAC International (Association of Official Analytical Chemists, meaning the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.)
With 10 member countries - including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Timor-Leste and Vietnam - it is organized with the vision and role of contributing to bringing together the orientations of governments, industry resources and research institutes to develop analytical solutions based on consensus on food safety, food integrity and public health across Southeast Asian countries.
AOAC SEA 2023 – CONFERENCE 2ND ANNUAL MEETING
Within the framework of the 2nd AOAC Conference in 2023, organizations from various countries presented topics of interest in the field of analysis such as:
Pesticide residues,
Heavy metals, industrial chemicals,
Nuclear radiation,
Mycotoxins and new challenges;
Food microbiology,
Food chemistry and food technology;
Food additives, food processing, food packaging, transportation and food handling;
Agricultural production and food production;
National food control systems: surveillance and sampling, detection and analytical methods, application of food safety standards and requirements
Maximum residue limits for plant protection products and veterinary drug residues – standard procedures.
Some procedures and regulations on pesticides and multi-residue analysis (including ethylene oxide); multi-residue antibiotic analysis; PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) screening methods and risk assessment; handling of contaminants (acrylamide, cyclic amines, etc.); heavy metals: the ‘zero’ initiative for food in the US; food contamination analysis; microbiological testing (including NGS – Next Generation Sequencing); risk assessment methods.
Within the framework of this 2nd Conference, R-biopharm is honored to be a co-sponsor of the program. In parallel, R-Biopharm together with PacificLAB also participated and introduced products and solutions for the analysis of key parameters in food quality assessment such as: vitamins, mycotoxins, etc. using PCR, ELISA methods...
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The AOAC SEA International Conference is a sharing venue where experts have provided member countries with a great deal of knowledge about opportunities and effective solutions to strengthen food quality and safety compliance in international trade across the related field groups, as reflected in the theme above. It is also an opportunity for experts to learn from and share experience with each other among leading experts in this field in the region and worldwide.
Reference Journal of Science and Technology Development