Wednesday, 25 June 2025
CSIR-Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR) will conduct training on advances in pesticide residue analytical techniques in the food safety referral lab on its campus on April 8 and 9, 2020.
The course directors are Dr Debi Sharma and Dr Partha P Choudhury who are principal scientists in the Division of Biochemistry. The coordination team comprises Dr C K Narayana, chief executive officer, BESST HORT; Vaibhav B S, Dr Shivagangavva P D, Nandini C L, Shyam Kumar K J, Prasanna R and Nitesh.
The event is organized by the Business Entrepreneurship and Start-up Support through technology in Horticulture (BESST-HORT), a TBI (technology business incubator) of ICAR-IIHR. The objective of the training is encourage the small scale units to get into testing the residue analysis techniques.
Pesticide residues are the single most important component determining the safety of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. FSRL has an advanced pesticide residue lab, which analyses stakeholders’ samples, apart from carrying out research in the field.
One of the major objectives of FSRL is to conduct trainings for various government or non-government officials on food safety analysis. The training will include all aspects of pesticide residue analysis, sample preparation, determination, trouble-shooting, single residue methods, lab accreditation, etc.
Those eligible for the training are R&D staff, non-governmental labs and post-graduate students of chemistry, among other related researchers. It will equip the candidate to train as an analyst in a food lab.
It will also empower one with the insight and knowledge regarding setting up of a laboratory. It will acquaint the participants with advanced techniques of pesticide residue analysis following Quenchers method, using GCMS and LCMS.
The training includes basic knowledge of the validation of analytical methods and accreditation of laboratories.
