FDA Grand Rounds: Identification of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Foods: Method Development and Automation
April 13, 2023
Zoom Platform.
The FDA Grand Rounds is webcast every other month to highlight cutting-edge research underway across the agency and its impact on protecting and advancing public health. Each session features an FDA scientist presenting on a key public health challenge and how FDA is applying science to its regulatory activities.
The gold standard for the determination of legacy Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which include polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), furans (PCDFs), biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) has not significantly evolved for over 40 years. In this presentation, new instrumentation, extraction procedures, as well as novel data processing and evaluations used in an accredited laboratory will be discussed. Similar streamlined methodologies and software processes are now being evaluated for per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) determinations in an accredited laboratory.
- All Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) listed in the Stockholm convention. Available at: http://chm.pops.int/TheConvention/ThePOPs/AllPOPs/tabid/2509/Default.aspx
- Guo, W.; Archer, J.C.; Moore, M.; Bruce, J.; McLain, M.; Shojaee, S.; Zou, W.; Benjamin, L.A.; Adeuya, A.; Fairchild, R.; Hong, H.; “QUICK: Quality and Usability Investigation and Control Kit for Mass Spectrometric Data from Detection of Persistent Organic Pollutants” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 4203. Available at: http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214203
- Discuss the research conducted at the FDA
- Explain how FDA science impacts public health
- Describe the criteria for work completed in an accredited laboratory.
- Recognize the benefits and limitations of using direct isotope dilution.
This activity is intended for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other scientists within the agency and external scientific communities.
Lecture 1 April 13, 2023
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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12:00 - 1:00 PM EDT | Identification of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Foods: Method Development and Automation | Jeffrey Archer, MS |


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Faculty
- Archer, Jeffrey, MS, Chemist, Office of Regulatory Affairs - nothing to disclose
Planning Committee
- Dinatale, Miriam, DO, Team Leader, Food and Drug Administration - nothing to disclose
- Pfundt, Tiffany, PharmD, Program Coordinator, FDA/CDER/OTBB - nothing to disclose
- Wheelock, Leslie, RN, MS, Director, OSPD, FDA, OC, OCS, OSPD - nothing to disclose
CE Consultation and Accreditation Team
- Bueide, Rachel E., MPhil, Training Specialist, FDA/CDER/OEP/DLOD - nothing to disclose
- Zawalick, Karen, CE Team Leader, FDA/CDER/OEP/DLOD - nothing to disclose
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Registration is complimentary, therefore refunds are not applicable.