Gain knowledge on pesticide residues, mycotoxins and emerging contaminants
Contaminant analysis
Information
Audience: Laboratory staff, technicians and quality managers in the food industry
Duration: 1 day, i.e. 7 hours
Location: Nîmes, Paris, Nancy, Bordeaux or remote training, open (inter-company).
Prerequisites: None
Open (inter-company) price: EUR 790 excl. VAT per participant
In-house price: on request
Dates of open (inter-company) training courses:
- 5 and 6 February 2026 over two half-days, remote
- 16 and 17 April 2026 over two half-days, remote
- 20 May 2026 over one day, on-site
- 29 and 30 September 2026 over two half-days, remote
- 15 and 16 December 2026 over two half-days, remote
Contact us for your in-house training / pricing request (on-site or remote).
Contact us
Phytocontrol
Audit, Consulting, Training
Parc Scientifique
180 rue Maupas – 30035 NÎMES
Tel.: +33(0)434147000
Fax: +33(0)466239995
Email: contact@phytocontrol-acf.com
Objectives
Master analytical techniques (methods and tools)
Know the key elements of current regulations
Know how to interpret a test report
Programme
- 1. Contaminants tested for and their characteristics
- 2. Different contaminant extraction techniques (sample preparation)
- 3. Different qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques for targeted screening (chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy)
- 4. From analysis to results in reports (calculation method, expression of results, quality control, use of uncertainties…)
- 5. Method validation (the different criteria used to characterise a method’s performance)
- 6. Regulations (current texts for conventional farming, organic farming, labels…)
- 7. Interpretation of analysis results and action plans