EMSSIG Workshop 2012

An Interactive Workshop for Improving Productivity in Environmental & Food Screening using LC-MS and GC-MS

The present direction of EU legislation is to move the responsibility from the regulator to define what is unsafe to the water utilities and companies discharging effluent to show they have done everything in their power to ensure it is safe. This shift in legal responsibility means a significant growth in general screening is inevitable as a narrowly defined targeted analysis program would not necessarily be sufficient to ensure protection from claims of negligence in the event of an emergency.  The above issues are applicable to organizations (on either side) involved in the chemical safety of food, personal care and other products. Typically, full scan screening is very time consuming and the analysis is very labour intensive.  The purpose of the workshop is to discuss ways of reducing the cost. A “round table” format is proposed. It is intended to be a workshop agenda. It is hoped the participants will share their experiences of what has and hasn’t worked.  Various software and instrument vendors are invited to show what can be provided on productivity improvements for screening.  The vendors are also able to express an interest and listen to ideas from the users.