AOAC 2017 Annual Meeting Preliminary Program

WILEY AWARD ADDRESS, Continued

Administration—Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and various EU reference laboratories. In 2010, export of table grapes from India suffered an economic blow when a plant growth retardant, chlormequat chloride, was detected. The issue necessitated expansion of the residue control program to cover all agrochemicals registered for usage in agriculture and public health managements. Banerjee’s team expanded the scope of the multiresidue method by covering more than 200 chemicals for regular monitoring in each consignment of fresh grapes and other fruits and vegetables for export. Similar residue monitoring and control programs are also being implemented in other agricultural commodities and for the domestic market. Banerjee will explain development of residue methods for complex matrices (e.g., tobacco, spices, chicken meat, and fatty fish) for the analysis of pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, mycotoxins, antibiotics, and drug residues. During the Wiley Award Address, Banerjee will highlight efforts undertaken since 2010 to develop effective methods for typically problematic, single-residue compounds, which mostly include plant hormones and herbicides whose maximum residue limits are set at the default level of 0.01 mg/kg. The endeavor is to support industry in dealing with food safety issues related to these emerging food contaminants. Furthermore, Banerjee will showcase how use of advanced column chemistry, HILIC chromatography, and strategic sample preparation steps, including selective cleanups, can help resolve specific analytical problems for such polar compounds. Banerjee will also cover his recent research, which focuses on applications of high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), using advanced features of quadrupole-TOF and orbitrap MS in combination with ultra-performance LC. Nontarget screening is highly relevant for screening of post-harvest food samples where the history of agrochemical applications is not available and there are possibilities of detection of pesticides originating from indirect sources. Accurate MS-based screening in combination with selected reaction monitoring- based quantifications can also simultaneously nullify matrix effects and ensure accurate identification and quantification of residues. HRMS workflows have been developed for residue analysis in complex spice matrices, which could resolve several issues of false detections. In addition to the highly sensitive, large-scale, multiple reaction monitoring-based workflows, he will touch upon advanced technologies, e.g., multidimensional and comprehensive two-dimensional chromatography, low-pressure GC-MS, among others. In conclusion, he will present his recent research focus on HRMS-based metabolomic profiling of fruits and vegetables to explore their bioactivity and characterization as nutraceutical products.

ABOUT KAUSHIK BANERJEE Dr. Kaushik Banerjee is an Indian chemist who helped build India’s modern analytical testing program for pesticide residues and other contaminants in foods. He has worked for more than 2 decades for the Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s National Research Center for Grapes, and heads the National Referral Laboratory on Agrochemical Residues. In this position, he also helped to build a network of accredited laboratories in India, as well as organizing proficiency testing and inspections to verify quality control. methods for pesticide residue analysis for The Coca-Cola Company and Pepsi project. He regularly participates in AOAC’s Annual Meetings, contributes to the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL (contributing papers, editing special sections, and more recently serving as a member of the Editorial Board). He served as president-elect of the AOAC India Section, and as president since 2014. He has edited a special section of J. AOAC Int. based on work presented at the 2015 annual conference of the India Section. Banerjee is recognized for his accomplishments in administration and international harmonization. In addition to the Harvey W. Wiley Award, he was named a Fellow of Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry in 2011 for his research accomplishments. He has published more than 60 papers in the past decade on analytical method development and validation. The papers have covered a wide variety of food-related topics, including GC/MS and LC/MS detection of pesticides, antibiotics, and other organic chemicals in foods ranging from grapes, pomegranates, and mangos to okra, fish, and peanuts. Banerjee attended graduate school at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi, where his specialty focused on agricultural chemistry. Banerjee was a member of the AOAC expert review panel that evaluated

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