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LIMITED DISTRIBUTION

WORKING MATERIAL

Coordinated Research Project (CRP): D5.20.38

Accessible Technologies for the

Verification of Origin of Dairy Products

as an Example Control System to

Enhance Global Trade and Food Safety

REPORT OF THE 1ST

RESEARCH COORDINATION

MEETING.

Vienna, Austria, November 26-29, 2013.

NOTE

The material in this document has been agreed by the participants and has not been edited by the

IAEA. The views expressed remain the responsibility of the participants and do not necessarily

reflect those of the government(s) of the designating Member State(s). In particular, neither the IAEA

nor any other organization or body sponsoring this meeting can be held responsible for any material

reproduced in the document.

Reproduced by the IAEA

Vienna, Austria, 2013

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INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

Report of the 1st

Research Coordination

Meeting (RCM) on Accessible

Technologies for the Verification of

Origin of Dairy Products as an Example

Control System to Enhance Global Trade

and Food Safety

Vienna, Austria, 26-29 November 2013

Working Material Produced by the IAEA

Vienna, Austria, 2013

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Introduction

The 1st Research Coordination Meeting (RCM) for the Coordinated Research Project (CRP)

on “Accessible Technologies for the Verification of Origin of Dairy Products as an Example

Control System to Enhance Global Trade and Food Safety” was held at the Vienna

International Centre, Vienna, November 26 – 29 2013.

The Meeting was chaired by the Scientific Secretary, Russell Frew (IAEA). Ms Preeni

Abeynayake (Sri Lanka, Contract No. 18066) was Rapporteur. A list of participants and the

meeting Agenda are annexed to this report.

The RCM was formally opened by Mr Andrew Cannavan, Head, Food and Environmental

Protection Laboratory, IAEA, who in his opening speech highlighted the importance of this

CRP in the programme of the Food and Environmental Protection Section of the IAEA.

Traceability systems are a key component of food safety not only providing consumer

protection but also enhancing trade. Nuclear techniques play an important role in the

verification of origin and hence the IAEA is very supportive of these activities. It is expected

that the systems and procedures developed through this CRP will benefit Member States to

obtain better market access and higher process for their commodities in the global market.

Objectives of the Research Coordination Meeting

The meeting commenced with a presentation from the Scientific Secretary on the current

activities of the Food and Environment Protection Section and the objectives of the CRP and

the RCM. The meeting was reminded that the main aims of this RCM was to:

1) Evaluate and discuss the aim and objectives of the project;

2) Prepare work plans for the next phase of the project (2014);

3) Facilitate a broader understanding of the relationship each participant has to the

overall objectives of the CRP and to promote interaction between the participants;

4) Prepare recommendations and guidelines to facilitate project tasks and for the

participants to agree a common approach and way forward;

5) Identify specific needs of participants that the IAEA could actively support. These

may include training, provision of advice and analytical support.

The Meeting was also reminded that the main objective of the CRP was to develop an end-to-

end system for verification of the origin of food products. Dairy products were chosen as the

commodity to work on for this project for many reasons including their global production,

high level of trade, consumer sensitivity to fraud and scope for applying a wide range of

analytical techniques. It is intended that the system developed for tracing origin of dairy

products will be used as a template that can be applied to other commodities. Therefore the

participants were encouraged to think of the entire system including environment, production

practices, analytical approaches, mapping and interpretation and consumer access to the

technology. An expected outcome of the programme is a network of laboratories of FAO and

IAEA member states. In this regard the importance of preparing Standard Operating

Procedures (SOPs) with appropriate validation data was stressed.

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RCM Presentations.

The Research Contract Holders each made presentations of their planned work. These

presentations scoped out the type of dairy production in each country. It was evident that

there is a wide range of dairy systems represented in the project; from small individual

producers through to giant collectives. This is very good for the future extrapolation of the

results from this research to other member states. However, it does present challenges in

terms of the project logistics and ensuring a coherent approach across all individual projects.

Following the presentations the key issues for the overall project were identified and the

meeting participants divided into two working groups to discuss them. The issues identified

and discussed included;

1) Data quality and the need for standard operating procedures;

2) Sampling, particularly whether a set of core samples should be collected by each

contract holder and be made available to the project as a whole;

3) What core analyses should be performed to build a coherent dataset?

4) What metadata should be collated?

To some extent the analytical approach is governed by the analytical capability of the

participants. The available instrumentation and expertise/ experience available to each

participant were identified and a summary is presented in Annex III, which shows that the

project is well supported in terms of analytical capability.

Since the individual projects are being conducted in very different settings, discussion was

held on how to facilitate their integration into a coherent body of work. It was decided that

background information and particulars from each project be collated and stored on the

project website. The list of background data requested is given in Annex IV. In addition a

table of parameters to be compiled as metadata with each sample was decided upon (also

Annex IV).

One of the working groups discussed aspects of the sampling strategy and logistics. The full

report from that group can be found in Annex V. Briefly, the key points raised were:

o The initial sampling strategy will aim to provide information to characterize the

chemical variability within and between regions, and relationships with environmental

drivers. To assist the decision-making for sampling Principle Investigators should

compile as much information as possible on characteristics and practices (what

products, production quantities, catchment area, rearing practices, watering regimes,

feeding practices).

o The group will use common spreadsheets with information for each region. This

information will be shared and used to create maps.

o Samples should be collected 3 times per year from any given producer.

o Monthly precipitation sampling is encouraged to compliment the precipitation isotope

maps available through activities such as GNIP and WaterIsotopes.org, etc. A protocol

based on experience gained in the New Zealand precipitation mapping project will be

made available.

o Each group is encouraged to try to develop relationships with producers to collect some

samples that they can verify the authentic origin of.

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Activity: comparing authentic (origin-verified) with commercial samples from the

same producer. Where commercial samples are to be collected, effort should be

made to collect authentic samples at the same time for subsequent comparison.

Sampling protocols for milk, rainfall, and soils are required.

Once the global project parameters were set the Research Contract Holders worked with the

Agreement Holders and the Observers to revise and finalise their individual work plans and

formulate their planned activities and milestones for the next phase of the project. The

individual contract work plans are appended in Annex VI.

Conclusions:

The meeting recognized that this CRP has initiated collaboration between laboratories

(network of laboratories) of different member states and that it provides information

that can have a regulatory impact, e.g. the detection of milk whose chemical parameters

do not comply with that from the claimed origin may be an indication of fraud.

Each Research Contract Holder’s work was reviewed to ensure that high scientific

standards and the objectives of the CRP were met and their work plans, activities and

deliverables for the next phase of the project were finalised. The discussions led to a

high level of coherence between participants and this is reflected in the finalised work

plans.

To ensure that a primary objective of the CRP to populate a database with high-quality

data from authentic-origin is met, it was agreed that the core methods developed and

used by the contract holders will be presented as SOP’s with appropriate validation

data. Agreement Holders will provide assistance where needed.

The focus of the first phase of the project is to ensure harmony of methods and data

quality between participants. Sampling in the first stage will focus on obtaining

samples of authentic origin to enable maps of the spatial variability in parameters to be

made. Later in the project the focus may turn to imported/ traded milk products but the

interpretation of that data relies on having the spatial maps in place.

An objective of the overall programme is to develop tools for rapid response based

around recent developments in laser-based analytical technologies. However only one

contract holder has access to a laser system for stable isotope analysis. Support will be

sought from manufactures to assist with the development of fit-for-purpose methods

based on this instrument. Prof. Almirall (agreement holder, FIU) will proceed with a

project utilising Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. It was recognised that a

support through a technical contract may be required.

It was recognised that the time required to obtain appropriate import licences for

reagents and biological samples should not be underestimated. Failure to comply with

import regulations could mean the refusal of a carrier to transport the material or cause

delays in customs clearance. It was agreed that Contract Holders will examine their

national regulations concerning export/import of biological and chemical materials and

standards and put in place all the necessary clearances before shipment.

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Recommendations.

1) A core set of samples should be collected by each agreement holder. These samples

will be a resource to the overall project.

2) Protocols for sampling, sample preparation and analysis should be provided to the

group. Recommended procedures for light stable isotope analysis of dairy should be

compiled into a technical document or small book. Other protocols should be obtained

from previous studies e.g. EU Trace, NZ CDRP.

3) The following reference materials should be purchased by each contract holder:

a. IAEA-600 Caffeine (C, N) Solid

b. IAEA-601 Benzoic Acid (O) Solid

c. IAEA-CH-7 Polyethylene (C, H) Solid

d. NBS22 (C,H) Oil, may be substituted for IAEA-CH-7

4) Water of known H and O isotopic composition should be sourced and supplied to all

participants. The availability of samples from the recent IAEA proficiency testing

progamme (WICO) will be investigated.

5) The possibility of purchasing and distributing other reference materials should be

investigated. These may be:

a. Whole Milk Powder (NIST 1549a) trace elements

b. Skimmed Milk ERM-BD150 trace elements

c. Skimmed Milk ERM-BD151 (spiked) trace elements

d. IAEA 152 Dairy (Out of stock) Isotope values, not certified (C, N and H)

6) A casein standard should be developed. A bulk (5-10 kg) amount of casein will be

purchased from a chemical supplier. This will be homogenized and subsampled at the

IAEA for distribution to participants. No analytical values will be available for this

initially. It will be used as a quality control (QC) material until sufficient information

is available to assign values for H, C, N, O, S, Sr isotopes and trace elements.

7) Recommend to FIRMS and FIT-PTS Milk Powder as a material for interlaboratory

trials.

8) IAEA should coordinate the 1st interlaboratory trials of reference materials including

Casein.

9) The results of the 1st interlaboratory trials should be presented at a special session of

the Food Safety and Traceability Conference in Vienna, Nov. 2014 (potential venue

for a training workshop and feedback session for the CRP participants).

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10) A book should be prepared that compiles the accepted procedures for sampling and

stable isotope analysis of milk. This will be produced as a resource for the participants

and later for all member states.

11) All participants should communicate regularly. To help facilitate communication, a

website for deposit of information with a forum for discussion was set up during the

meeting.

12) Statistical methods training should be incorporated into the programme of activities.

This will include on-line tutorials and a session added to a future Coordination

meeting.

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Agreed Work Plan and Logical Framework

Work Plan (Activities)

Activity 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

CRP advertised (March 2013) and research contract

and agreements awarded.

Contracts and agreements signed by end November

2013.

X

1st RCM, Vienna (26

th to 29

th November 2013) agreed

CRP strategy and research work plans.

X

Awarded Research Contracts X

Phase 1: 18 months’ work programme completed. X

Prepare book with guidelines for sampling and

analysis of milk

Draft

by Q2

2nd

RCM (May 2015) to be held in Morocco (subject

to Host country and IAEA approval) to review the

work conducted in Phase 1 based on progress reports

and presentations. Detailed work plans for Phase 2

agreed to ensure that the CRP objectives are met.

Q2

Phase 2 : Work programme

Organise 3rd

RCM (Q4 2016) to review work

conducted in Phase 2 and agree final phase 3 work

programme.

(Proposed Venue: Singapore. This is subject to Host

country and IAEA approval).

Phase 3: Work programme

Final RCM: (Q1 2018) to review Phase 3 work and

prepare a TECDOC and /or research papers to an

appropriate journal.

Assumptions

(a) Submissions will be received from suitable laboratories with qualified staff, access

to appropriate techniques, equipment and experience.

(b) Participants have budgetary support for activities not funded by the CRP (staff

resources, instrumentation and maintenance costs).

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Annex I: RCM Attendees

Agreement Holders

Jurian HOOGEWERFF

[email protected]

University of Otago

P.O.Box 56, Dunedin 9016

NEW ZEALAND

Barry Thornton

[email protected]

The James Hutton Institute

Craigiebuckler

Aberdeen AB15 8QH

Scotland

UNITED KINGDOM

Jose Almirall

[email protected]

Florida International University

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

FL 33199 MIAMI

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gabriel Bowen

[email protected]

1620 Wasatch Dr.

SALT LAKE CITY

UT 84108

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Contract Holders

Daniel Wunderlin

[email protected]

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Obispo Trejo 242

X5000IYF Córdoba

Pcia. de Córdoba

ARGENTINA

Gang Chen

[email protected]

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

CAAS - IQSTAP

12 Zhongguancun Nandajie

South Road P.O. Box 5109

BEIJING 100081

CHINA

Khaled EL Hawari

[email protected]

Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission (LAEC)

National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS)

P.O.Box 11-8281

Riad EL Solh 1107 2260 ,Beirut

LEBANON

Andrius Garbaras

[email protected]

Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

Savanoriu ave. 231

LT-02300 VILNIUS

LITHUANIA

Noureddine Amenzou

[email protected]

Centre national de l'énergie, des sciences et des

techniques nucléaires (CNESTEN)

B.P. 1382, route principale

RABAT AGDAL 10001

MOROCCO

Ryszard Wierzchnicki

[email protected]

Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology

ul. Dorodna 16

03-195 Warsaw

POLAND

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Ivan Vladimirovich Podkolzin

[email protected]

Federal Centre for Animal Health

600901, Vladimir

Yur’evets

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Shirley Suat Lay Chua

[email protected]

Veterinary Public Health Laboratory

Microbiology Department

Laboratories Group

Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority

10 Perahu Road

SINGAPORE 718837

Nives Ogrinc

[email protected]

Department of Environmental Sciences

Reactor Centre; Jozef Stefan Institute

P.O. Box 3000, Jamova 39

LJUBLJANA 1001

SLOVENIA

Preeni Abeynayake

[email protected]

Department of Veterinary Public Health &

Pharmacology

Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

University of Peradeniya

Peradeniya (20400)

SRI LANKA

Observers

Joanne Sheot Harn Chan

[email protected]

Food Safety Division - Applied Sciences Group

Health Sciences Authority

11 Outram Road

SINGAPORE 169078

Micha Horacek

[email protected]

HBLFA Francisco Josephinum

Weinzierl 1

3250 Wieselburg

AUSTRIA

Rebecca Hood-Nowotny

rebecca.clare.hood-

[email protected]

Department of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research

University of Vienna

Althanstrasse 14

1090 VIENNA

AUSTRIA

IAEA

Mr Russell Frew

[email protected]

Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory

International Atomic Energy Agency

Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100,

1400 Vienna, Austria

Mr Andrew Cannavan

[email protected]

Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory

International Atomic Energy Agency

Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100,

1400 Vienna, Austria

Ms Zora Jandric

[email protected]

Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory

International Atomic Energy Agency

Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria

Apologies: Ms Roksana Huque (Bangladesh, Contract No. 18195) was not able to attend.

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Annex II: Meeting Agenda

26 – 29 November 2013

IAEA Vienna, Austria

Room C5

CRP Technical Officers: Russell Frew ([email protected])

Andrew Cannavan ([email protected]);

Administrative secretary: Kyoko Viitaniemi ([email protected])

Provisional Agenda

Day 1: Tuesday, 26 November 2013

08:30 Registration, UN Pass Office, Gate 1, Vienna International

Centre

All

09:30 Welcome & Opening Address Andrew Cannavan, IAEA

09:45 Introduction and Presentation of Participants All

09:55 Election of Chairperson and Adoption of Agenda All

10:00 CRP background: objectives and scope of the RCM in line with

the conclusions and recommendations from consultants meeting

Russell Frew, IAEA

10:20 Break – Participants to do banking

Session 1: Contract Holder Presentations (Proposed Research work plan, summary of work done to

date and future work plan meeting the objective of the CRP)

11:00 Daniel Wunderlin, Argentina:

11:30 Gang Chen, China

12:00 Lunch / Administrative Arrangements

Contract Holder Presentations (Proposed Research work plan, summary of work done to date and

future work plan meeting the objective of the CRP)

14:00 Shirley Suat Lay Chua , Singapore

14:30 Preeni Abeynayake: Sri Lanka

15:00 Khaled El Hawari, Lebanon:

15:30 Break

15:45 Andrius Garbaras, Lithuania:

16:15 Noureddine Amenzou, Morocco:

16:45 Ryszard Wierzchnicki, Poland:

17:15 Closing remarks

17:30 Wine and cheese

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Day 2: Wednesday 27th

November 2013

08:30 Summary of Day 1 Andrew Cannavan,

Russell Frew

08:45 Ivan Vladimirovich Podkolzin, Russian Federation:

09:15 Nives Ogrinc, Slovenia:

09:45 Micha Horacek, Austria

10:15 Break

10:45 Gabe Bowen, USA

11:15 Jurian Hoogewerff, New Zealand

12:00 Lunch

Session 2: Presentations from Agreement Holders

13:45 Barry Thornton, United Kingdom

14:15 Jose Almirall, USA

14:45 Zora Jandric, IAEA

15:00 Break

Session 3: Preparation of Work Plans, Recommendations and Meeting report

15:15 Discussion of work plans: Formation of work groups (led by

Agreement Holders) to put together detailed work plans during

Session 3

All

16:45 Formation of working groups

Group 1: Core Isotopic Assays

Group 2: Supplementary Techniques applicable for food

traceability

Chairperson and

Agreement Holders

17:30 End of Day 2

Day 3: Thursday 28th

November 2013

08:30 Summary of Day 3 Russell Frew, Andrew

Cannavan,

8:45 Brainstorming Session 1: to identify tasks for the 2nd

year of

the project.

The tasks may include comparative assessment; benchmarking;

exchange of data; cooperation in method development, etc.

The outputs of this session are expected to be written

suggestions for certain tasks to be performed by participants of

each group.

All

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10:30 Break

10:45 Brainstorming Session 1 (continued) All

12:30 Lunch Break

14:00 Drafting Session 1. The objective of this session is to prepare

presentations (one for each group) of the findings of

Brainstorming Session 1

Agreement Holders and

participants of groups

15:30 Break

16:00 Presentation of Group 1, Q&A Chairperson of Group 1

16:30 Presentation of Group 2, Q&A Chairperson of Group 2

17:00 Discussion on outcomes of Brainstorming Session 1 All

17:30 End of Day 3

Day 4: Friday, 29th

November 2013

08:30 Summary of Day 3 Russell Frew, Andrew

Cannavan,

08:45 Drafting Session 2. The objective of this session is to

prepare a consistent write-up of the findings of

Brainstorming Session 1 (i.e. work plans for the next phase

of the project)

All

10:00 Review the written reports of the working groups. All

10:30 Break

10:45 Brainstorming Session 2. The objective of this session is

to define the number, the titles, the scope and the structure

of Reports to be produced within this CRP, by each

Contract Holder and cumulatively.

The suggestions are expected to be based on the outputs of

Brainstorming Sessions 1

All

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Drafting Session 3. The objective of this session is to

prepare a consistent write-up of the proposals of

Brainstorming Session 2

All

15:15 Break

15:30 Review the outputs of Drafting Session 3 All

16:00 Discussion on the conclusions and recommendations of the

meeting (the draft will be prepared by the scientific

secretary and distributed prior to this session)

All

17:00 Finalizing conclusions and recommendations All

17:30 Closing Remarks and End of Meeting

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Annex III: Analytical Methods and Programme Capabilities

• Whole Milk (Proxies –water and Casein) by H, O in liquid and C, N in Casein

• Milk Powder (Solid), C, N, H, O and Sr

• Milk Powder (major, minor and trace elements) solution/digestion ICP-MS, LA-ICP-

MS, XRF, LIBS

• Casein (major, minor and trace elements) solution/digestion ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS,

XRF, LIBS

Complimentary analyses

• Milk Powder (small molecule analysis), Fatty Acids, Amino acids

Capability Within Project

• Stable Isotopes

C/N – Argentina, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, Morocco, UK,

Singapore, China, Lebanon (C only), NZ

CRS (C/H), Lebanon, UK

H/O (water) –Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Lebanon, Argentina, Morocco, UK,

China, NZ

H (solid) – Lithuania, Lebanon, UK, Singapore, China, NZ

Sr – Lithuania, Poland, Argentina, Morocco, UK, USA, NZ

• Major, Minor and Trace Elements

ICP-MS - Lithuania, Slovenia, Russia, Argentina, Morocco, UK, Singapore,

China, NZ

LA-ICP-MS - Lithuania, Singapore, USA, NZ

XRF - Slovenia, UK, USA,

LIBS - USA

• Small molecule analysis (Fatty/Amino Acids)

GC-MS - Argentina, Slovenia, Lebanon, China, Poland, UK, NZ

LC-MS - Argentina, Lithuania, Morocco, Singapore, UK

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Annex IV: Background and Metadata Guidelines

Background – Summarize information on major producers

o Geographic location (lat/long, decimal degrees, +/-)

o Elevation (meters above sea level)

o Spatial footprint – where is the milk collected from (narrative/text)

o Number and size of individual farms

o Total production volume (L/day)

o Production type (milk powder/cheese/condensed milk/milk distributor)

o Farming practices

Dominant breed (Fresian/Jersey/Brahim/Zebu/Holstein/other)

Feeds used (pasture/ supplements/hay/silage/other)

Pastured/housed/mix

Dominant water sources (GW/SW/distinctive characteristics)

o Distinctive regional conditions (local urban areas, land use legacy, ecoregions;

narrative)

o Local climate station available?

o Geological map available?

o Soil map available?

o Closest precipitation isotope station (can be filled after the fact)

Metadata

o Sites

Site ID

Geographic location (lat/long, decimal degrees, +/-)

Elevation (meters above sea level)

Facility name

Facility type

o Samples

Sample ID

Site ID

Date of collection (Date)

Time of collection (Time)

Unit of collection (cow/farm/collecting station or plant)

Cow ID (optional)

Water sample collected?

Soil sample collected?

Feed sample collected?

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Annex V: Report from Sampling Workgroup

Major questions

o Will we better be able to distinguish between major regions/nations or

between farms w/in regions?

o Which questions are more relevant?

o Starting point characterize chemical variability within, between regions and

relationship w/ environmental drivers

What secondary effects that might influence isotopes and chemistry of products?

o Are there differences related to breed?

o Are there effects related to additives/fortifiers?

o What is the influence of feeding system?

Whole vs. powder milk

o Do producers specialize on one or the other?

o Whole milk most general, flexible, biggest bang for buck (both solids and

water)

o How do we sample whole milk in a way that aggregates variability in the same

way as powder?

Task: inventory/map major dairy facilities (whole milk aggregators, power producers)

o Compile as much information as possible on characteristics and practices

(what products, how much, catchment area, rearing practices, watering

regimes)

o Produce common spreadsheets w/ info for each region, share, and push to map

How many samples?

o 3 x per year sample from any given producer

o Aim to collect at least 50 samples per year

How much emphasis on sampling product vs. sampling environment

o Start with emphasis on product to characterize modes of variability?

o Monthly precipitation sampling…need protocol, based on NZ experience

o Soil to be sampled for elements, bulk organic H in some cases but not all?

o Fertilizer samples for N in some cases?

Where to get samples – authentics vs. point-of-consumption

o Can each group try to develop relationships to collect some authentics?

o Scales – farm, industry, commercial product

o Activity: comparing authentics with commercial samples from same producer

Should we collect commercial samples at same time as authentics for

subsequent comparison?

Sample handling protocols required

o Rain water – in hand

Need to get samples analyzed in reasonable time

o Whole milk – develop protocol that is feasible for all/most participants

Prefer freezing to refrigeration, leave headspace in bottles

Separation of water from solids via cryogenic distillation (Daniel to

test that this is comparable w/ sprayer)

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De-fatting, save fat fraction

Process ~150 - 200 ml to get ~15 - 20 g solids (use 150 ml Nalgene

HDPE bottles?)

o Soil sampling and handling – in hand

Sample metadata

o Geographic

o Temporal

o Environmental

o Producer/supplier

o Sample codes

o Compositional information from producer

IAEA supports the database?

o Who will do this w/in the agency?

o Longevity?

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Annex VI: Work plans 1st Phase January 2014 to June 2015.

Country: Argentina Contract No. 18059

Project Title Ensuring the origin and safety of Argentinean milk.

Lead Partner Prof. Dr. Daniel A. Wunderlin

Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners Yes

Technical support required Yes

OBJECTIVES

Main Objective: Demonstrate the usefulness of combined techniques (TE + isotopic fingerprint) to predict the origin of dried milk and the influence of diverse feeding and environmental conditions on this fingerprint.

Specific Objectives: a) To verify SOPs for measuring TE and stable isotopes (light and heavy) in agricultural

soil, forage, water and milk (dried). Evaluation of LODs LOQs, accuracy, QA-QC parameters, etc.

b) To measure TE and stable isotopes in CRMs and also in samples (soil, water, forage and dried milk)collected from diverse regions belonging to the main milk producing area of Argentina (Provinces of Santa Fe and Córdoba). Thus, analyzing authentic samples with dried milk produced in the laboratory.

c) To evaluate elements-isotopes within the TE+ isotopic fingerprint, allowing to differentiate milk from diverse regions using chemometrics to evidence which parameters are the most important to point out such differences.

d) To verify the matching between soil-water-forage and milk composition using appropriate multivariate correlations (canonical correlation analysis (CCA), Generalized Procrustes Analysis (GPA), etc.).

e) To compare our results with results from other latitudes looking for a generalized model that could be expanded to other countries, continents, verifying the scope of developed methods to predict the origin and, if possible, the safety of dairy products.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Task 1: Sampling

During the first year samples will be taken considering temporal and spatial variations by personnel belonging to the National Institute for Agricultural Technology (INTA, Rafaela, Province of Santa Fe).

Soil samples will be collected once from 6 farms distributed in Provinces of Santa Fe and Córdoba, completing at least four independent soil samples from each farm (n= 24).

Water samples will be collected twice from 6 farms distributed in Provinces of Santa Fe and Córdoba, considering rainy and drought periods (one sampling during each period), completing at least two independent water samples from each farm at each period (n= 24: 12 from rainy season and 12 from dry season).

Forage and whole fresh milk samples will be collected during four seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn) from 6 farms distributed in Provinces of Santa Fe and

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Córdoba (one sampling during each period), completing at least two independent forage samples from each farm at each period (n= 48: 12 from each season). Milk will be dried at the laboratory (INTA-Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina) using a spray drier (Büchi, Swiss) and conditioned in plastic containers.

Samples will be conditioned in INTA and submitted for analysis to the Institute for Food Science and Technology (ICYTAC, Córdoba, Argentina), in charge of sample preparation and analysis.

Task 2: Analysis

Trace elements (TE): 30+ elements will be determined in each sample considering protocols developed during our participation in the TRACE project and recent publications (Podio et al., 2013, Baroni et al., 2011).

Isotopic analyses: Light isotopes (δ2H, δ13C, δ15N, δ18O) will be measured at INGEIS (CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) in according to protocols developed during our participation in the TRACE project and recent publications (Podio et al., 2013; Baroni et al., 2012). Heavy isotopes (87Sr/86Sr) will be measured by TIMS at CONEA (Buenos Aires Argentina) with sample preparation at INGEIS (Buenos Aires, Argentina) using protocols developed during our participation in the TRACE project and recent publications (Podio et al., 2013; Baroni et al., 2011). Some samples will be sent to partners for comparasion and analysis of some elements not availables at our lab.

Xenobiotic and VOCs analyses (conditioned to obtaining additional support, grants, etc.). Analysis of pesticides and veterinary drugs (antibiotics, etc.) will be performed by GC-MS or HPLC-MS/MS, using protocols recently published by the group (Bonansea et al., 2013). Analysis of toxins will be performed mainly by HPLC coupled to MS or MS/MS in according with recent experience from the group (Galanti et al., 2013).

Task 3: Data mining

Statistics-Chemometrics: Results arising from chemical-isotopical analysis will be analyzed using multivariate

methods, namely principal components (PCA), cluster analysis (CA), Discriminant Analysis (DA), Generalized Procrustes (GPA), Canonical Correlation (CCA) and other statistical methods when necessary. All these methods have been fitted during our recent work to establish differences between samples from diverse provenance, pointing out main parameters necessary to verify such differences. Additionally, these methods allow matching the composition of different matrixes (soil, water, forage and milk), establishing correlations between the geology, hydrology, plant chemistry and the follow up to the milk (Podio et al., 2013; Baroni et al., 201). In addition to discrimination from sample provenance, we will look to verify the influence of diverse environments / pollution. Methods to be used will be the same described above but grouping samples in according to other criteria (e.g. presence / absence of xenobiotics; major / minor presence of toxic compounds in the environment (soil, water, forage, etc.)). These last analyses should allow evidencing markers (chemical or isotopes) of environmental pollution (if any) translated to the milk from soil, water or forage. Additionally, markers (chemical or isotopes) of different feeding could be found using these statistical techniques to groups of samples arising from cows receiving different type of forage (field grass, silage grass, silage maize, etc.).

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Task 4: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board.

DELIVERABLES

No. Description Month

1 Inter-laboratories comparison for TE + Isotopes 1-6

1 Samples processed, ready to analysis 6-12

2 TE analysis 6-12

3 Isotopic analysis 10-12

4 Statistical analysis 12

5 Report 12

6 Peer reviewed publications 12+

EXPECTED RESULTS

Expected Outputs:

1) Peer reviewed publications containing main findings from the proposed study, results from round Robin tests, etc.

2) Scientific-Technical report to IAEA-FAO, pointing out analytical methods and statistical tools necessary to ensure milk provenance, considering diverse regions, environments and feeding. Special attention will be paid to chemical-isotopic markers pointing out risks associated with the production of milk in non-safe areas (not clean, polluted) or the presence of toxic products (veterinary drugs, toxins, pesticides, etc.).

3) Presentation of results at specialized scientific meetings to spread acquired knowledge between the community dedicated to the study of food safety, traceability, etc.

4) Presentation of results to policy makers to influence future decisions on quality assurance and quality control of dairy products in view of results obtained from the present study.

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Country: P.R. China Contract No. 18057

Project Title Stable Isotopes and Chemical Contaminants

Analysis to Trace the Origin and Safety of Dairy

Milk in China

Lead Partner Gang Chen

Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners

Technical support required

OBJECTIVES

♣ To establish a powerful tool to trace the milk products origin and authenticity, and find

contaminants early enough before they spread and cause social panic.

♣ The established tracing system will also help to improve the market surveillance, protect

quality and safety of products as well as resume the trust and rejuvenate the Chinese

dairy industry.

♣ Furthermore, implementation of the project will gain experience on establishing the

tracing system on other food products, and ensure the food safety from a much wider

perspective.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Task 1: delineate the milk production area on the map. Make work plan. Decide the sampling area.

Check the geological information of the area. Prepare questionnaire, protocol etc.

Task 2: finish the proficiency test samples before the end of February. The analysis include C/N/H/O.

Task 3: contact farmers for sampling. Samples include whole milk, water and soil.

Task 4: The method for simultaneous melamine and cyanuric acid analysis in dairy milk will be

established by using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Deuterium

labeled references will be spiked as internal standard. The method validation procedure will

follow the EU Commission Decision (2002/657/EC). The sensitivity will below 10 μg/kg.

Task 5: The estrogens targeted include estrone, α-estradiol, β-estradiol, and estriol. Deuterium labeled

internal standards will be used. Samples will be derivatized by dansyl chloride (DNS-Cl) to

improve sensitivity. In order to remove the matrix effect and the contamination of DNS-Cl

regent to LC-MS/MS ion source, an on-line solid phase extraction procedure will be established

for sample cleanup. The sensitivity of developed method will reach 1 pg/g.

Task 6: The collected real milk samples will be analyzed for the above chemicals.

Task 7: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board.

DELIVERABLES

No. Description Month

1 Delineate the sampling area in Chinese map End of December, 2013

2 Assemble the freeze drier for distilling water from whole

milk

End of June, 2014

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3 Proficiency test (bulk milk) End of February, 2014

4 Sampling in certain area Until March, 2015

5 Finishing the core analysis (C/N/H/O) in defatted milk and

soil. H/O in water

End of October, 2014

6 Submit annual report Beginning of November, 2014

EXPECTED RESULTS

1. Overview of the milk production in China, make a milk map for further sampling.

2. Sampling as much as possible following a protocol provided in the group.

3. Platform establishment, such as water distillation with freeze drier, etc. In order to achieve this, the

detailed protocols are highly required.

4. Get preliminary stable isotopes data in milk samples.

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Country: Lebanon Contract No. 18044

Project Title Study of regional and seasonal variation in fatty

acid composition and stable isotopes of milk

produced in Lebanon

Lead Partner

Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners

Technical support required Protocols for stable isotopes sample preparations

OBJECTIVES

The research project is address to study the variations of isotopic enrichments (Carbon and

Hydrogen) and fatty acids of milk produced in Lebanon and collected from different

geographical locations and season of the year. Cavity ring down spectroscopy and gas

chromatography are respectively used for the determination of light stable isotopes (carbon and

hydrogen) and fatty acids. The objective for the first year is to have analytical method that able

to analyse δ2H stable isotope in water milk and δ

13C in casein and whole milk using cavity ring

down spectroscopy (PICARRO B2221-I) and to ensure the reliability of results through

conducting inter-laboratory comparison of reference material and laboratory samples

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Task 1: Purchase cryogenic distillation apparatus to separate water milk from raw milk based on G.

West et al. (2006) approach for the determination of δ2H

Task 2: Purchase certified reference material (IAEA-600, IAEA-CH-7, GISP, and IAEA-152 (if

available)) and Picarro consumables and spare parts

Task 3: Develop then validate analytical method to extract milk water and casein from milk using

cryogenic distillation and freeze dryer followed by CRDS analysis after being calibrated

Task 4: Participation into inter-comparison laboratory testing for the determination of δ2H and δ

13C for

RM and purified casein then evaluate our results

Task 5: Collect information’s about farms location in Lebanon taking into count major production areas

and their location

Task 6: Start method development for fatty acid in milk using GCMS

Task 7: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board.

DELIVERABLES

No. Description Month

1 Purchase cryogenic distillation apparatus (2-3 months)

2 Purchase CRM and Picarro consumables (2-3 months)

3 Develop analytical method for stable isotopes (2 months)

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4 Participation into inter-comparison (1 month)

5 Method development of fatty acids on GCMS (4 month)

6 Collecting information’s about farms (1 months)

EXPECTED RESULTS

Depending on the results getting form inter-laboratory testing for δ2H and δ

13C in milk we are expecting

to have a validate method for the analysis of stable isotope in our laboratory using cavity ring down

spectroscopy unless we need to optimise our methodologies to get comparable isotopic values which are

obtained from EA-IRMS.

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Country: Lithuania Contract No. 18069

Project Title Accessible Technologies for the Verification of

Origin of Dairy Products as an Example Control

System to Enhance Global Trade and Food Safety

Lead Partner Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

(CPST)

Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners

Technical support required

OBJECTIVES

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Task 1: Data collection about the producers of the dairy products in Lithuania

Task 2: Implementation of the milk and water samples collection techniques

Task 3: Collection of the dairy products and water in Lithuania

Task 4: Analysis of C, N, O, H isotopes in milk, milk powder and water (only H and O)

Task 5: Participation in the interlaboratory comparison

Task 6: Construction of the cryogenic distillation system

Task 7: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board.

DELIVERABLES

No. Description Month

1 Interlaboratory comparison: C, N in the milk powder 2014 01- 02

2 Collection of water and dairy products 2014 01 -

3 Analysis of the samples 2014 02 -

4 Manuscript on methodology about whole milk H an O

analysis (optional)

2014 09

5

6

EXPECTED RESULTS

Data on C, N, H, O isotopes in the dairy products and water in Lithuania

Manuscript on the method for the milk H and O analysis

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Country: Morocco Contract No. 18051

Project Title Stable isotope ratios and trace elements in Dairy

Products (Milk and cheese) as new tool to

determine their different origins in Morocco

Lead Partner Office National de la Sécurité Sanitaire des

Produits Alimentaires-ONSSA-(Food Safety

Agency) Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners 1 : National Association of goats and sheep

(ANOC) http://www.anoc.ma 2 : Association Nationale des Eleveurs de Bovins

(ANEB)

Technical support required Standards materials for stable isotopes analysis

OBJECTIVES:

- Training in analytical techniques for this purpose, including implementation of quality

systems, reference materials, reporting procedures ;

- Test of isotopic techniques (13

C/12

C, 15

N/14

N, 18

O/16

O, D/H, 87

Sr/86

Sr) and trace elements in

milk and cheese in the order to determine the geographic origin of dairy products in

Morocco.

- Realization of map distribution of milk in Morocco

- Help the national authority for the determination of food origin

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Task 1: Preparation of reference material, and procedure for analysis and Proficiency test

Task 2: Collecting of background information (soil, and climatic data, milk production, farmer practice

….) in order to determine of sampling sites

Task 3: Collecting of milk, soil water and feed samples

Task 4: Preparation samples

Task 5: stable isotopes (C, N, O), strontium ratio and traces elemental analysis

Task6: statistical (multi - variate) treatments and interpretation of results

Task 7: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board

DELIVERABLES

No. Description Month

1 Reference material, procedure of analyses and Proficiency

test

Jan-feb 2014

2 Sampling map Mar 2014

3 Sampling report and samples Apr - May 2014

4 Results of all analysis Jul - July 2014

5 Statistical treatment Sept 2014

6 Interpretation and writing report Oct – Dec 2014

EXPECTED RESULTS

- Procedure of stable isotope and trace element analyses

- National database of isotopic composition and trace elements concentrations of dairy products.

- Maps containing the spatial and temporal variability of the isotope signature of dairy products

across Morocco.

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Country: Poland Contract No. 18056

Project Title The study of the Influence of the Environmental

Factors on the Isotopic Composition of Dairy

Products

Lead Partner Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology,

Warsaw, Poland

Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW

(Faculty of Food Sciences)

Technical support required Methods description, protocols

OBJECTIVES; Influence of environmental factors on the isotopic composition of milk as a way to

global traceability system for dairy products.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Task 1: Selection of regions for the study (sampling)

Task 2: Elaboration of sampling method for milk and for environmental samples (soil)

Task 3: Collection of authentic samples of milk (June – September)

Task 4: Chemical methods for separation of some chemical components of environmental samples

Task 5: Measurement of isotopic composition of N,C and Sr

Task 6: Statistical methods for isotopic results elaboration.

Task 7: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board.

DELIVERABLES

No. Description Month

1 Results of 1 round interlaboratory comparison February

2 Results of 2 round interlaboratory comparison April

3 Results of 3 round interlaboratory comparison June

4 Map of regions and net of sampling points March

5 Results of isotopic parameters of soil samples November

6 Results of 1st year measurements of milk December

EXPECTED RESULTS Mathematical correlations between isotopic composition of milk and

isotopic composition of some elements of environment like a rainwater, grass and soil.

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Country: Russian Federation Contract No. 18096

Project Title Accessible Technologies for the Verification of

Origin of Dairy Products (D52038)

Lead Partner

Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners

Technical support required Data Analysis performing MV statistical procedures

OBJECTIVES

Implementation of scientific approaches for identifying origin of dairy products

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Task 1: Collect the information about milk producers within the country.

Task 2: Purchase silver capsules for O/H determination (solid phase).

Task 3: Purchase appropriate standards and reference materials to execute proficiently test.

Task 4: Preform and validate the method for C,N,O,H determination.

Task 5: Sample collection.

Task 6: First measurements and interim results.

Task 7: Start to development GC-IRMS method for determination of some compounds of milk.

Task 8: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board.

DELIVERABLES

No. Description Month

1 Purchase silver capsules for O/H determination (solid

phase).

2 months (Dec 13 - Jan 14)

2 Collect the information about milk producers within the

country.

1 month (Jan 2014)

3 Purchase appropriate standards and reference materials to

execute proficiently test.

2-3 months (until Feb 2014)

4 Preform and validate the method for C,N,O,H

determination.

Approx. 4 months (Jan - Apr)

5 Sample collection 10 months (Jan - Oct)

6 First measurements and interim results. 7 months (Mar - Oct)

7 Start to development GC-IRMS method for determination

of some compounds of milk.

Approx. 3 (Feb – Jun)

8 Summary Report 1 month (Oct – Dec)

EXPECTED RESULTS

Having comprehensive information about samples

Having Ready to use methods for determination of common stabiles isotopes C, N, H, O.

First edition of Standard operating procedure

Data acquisition and preparation the ground for the creation of database

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Country: Singapore Contract No. 18070/R0

Project Title To Establish Methods for the Detection of Adulteration

and Provenancing of Milk and Milk Products Using

Stable Isotope Signatures, Trace Elements Analyses,

Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Techniques.

Lead Partner Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore

Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners Health Sciences Authority

Technical support required Reference Materials and Protocols for sampling and

stable isotope analysis

OBJECTIVES

To install a workflow using techniques for the measurement of various stable isotopic signatures and

trace elements in the milk and milk products to assess their discriminatory power for source

tracing/provenancing as well as their ability to detect suspected presence of adulterants, which can then

be subjected to further analysis, such as chromatography, for confirmation of identity. DESCRIPTION OF WORK Task 1: Participate in inter-laboratory comparison among member countries

Task 2: Establish a QC material for AVA and HSA.

Task 3: Establish work flow for the collection and documentation of liquid milk (and if possible water,

feed and soil) from local dairy farm and imports from major markets.

Task 4: Establish protocols for sampling. Sampling plan to take into consideration seasonal variations

(x3 samples/month/farm or x3 samples/quarter/import brand). Sample collection. Task 5: Establish methods for samples preparation and instrumental analysis (C, N, O, H)

Task 6: Validation of methods for sample preparation and instrumentations if possible.

Task 7: Cross validation of methods established between AVA and HSA

Task 8: Analysis of samples (?)

Task 9: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board.

DELIVERABLES

No. Description Month

1 Participation in inter-laboratory comparison among member

countries

Jan-Feb 2014

2 Establish a QC material for AVA and HSA. Mar – Jun 2014

3 Protocols for sampling. On-going starting from Jan 2014

4 Documented workflow for collection and documentation of

liquid milk (and if possible water, feed and soil) from local

dairy farm and imports from major markets.

March 2014 – Mar 2015

5 Standard Operating Procedures for the validation of

methods for sample preparation and instrumentation.

Validation of stable isotope methods for sample

preparation and instrumentations if possible.

Feb - Aug 2014

6 Summary Report Oct 2014 EXPECTED RESULTS

Standard Operating Procedures and/or protocols for the following: • Collection and documentation of liquid milk available in the market • Sampling of liquid milk products • Validated methods for sample preparation and instrumentation • Validated methods for routine analysis of liquid milk products for provenance and adulteration

testing in Singapore (and which may be extended to other countries in the region)

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Country: Slovenia Contract No. 17897

Project Title The use of stable isotopes and elemental

composition for determination of authenticity and

geographical origin of milk and dairy products

Lead Partner Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners Dairy producers

Technical support required Inter-laboratory comparision

OBJECTIVES

The overall objective of the proposed project is to use the isotopic and elemental composition in order to

determine geographical origin of Slovenian milk. Slovenia is a small country regarding surface area, but

pedologically and climatically diverse, and thus it offers an ideal area for studying the natural factors

which govern the isotopic distribution in milk and its products.

This general objective can be broken down to four more specific objectives that would together achieve

the overall goal of the project as follows:

• to construct the database on the elemental and isotopic composition of Slovenian milk;

• to perform statistical evaluation of the data and thus select parameters important for determination

of geographical origin of Slovenian milk;

• to develop the system for monitoring of food products and methods for the control of food such as

milk and its products;

• to establish the system for food traceability that could be transferred to other countries (including

developing countries) and other commodities.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Task 1: Purchase of additional certified reference material (IAEA600 caffein). Perform all possible

analysis on reference material (stable isotope analysis, trace elements, fatty acids), casein, UHT-milk.

Task 2: Participation in the inter-laboratory comparison between CRP partners

Task 3: Writing the SOP for stable isotope analysis on dairy products

Task 4: Perform the data for meta-database, background information according to the spreadsheet

available

Task 5: The sampling of milk will be performed every month covering different geographical regions

(Mediterranean, Pannonia, Dinaric and Alpine) in Slovenia. Samples will be provided by five Slovenian

diary producers (Ljubljanske mlekarne, Pomurske mlekarne, Vipavske mlekrane, Mlekarna Planika and

Mlekarna Celeia). The samples will be stored at −20oC before analysis. The isotopic composition of O

will be determined monthly, while the isotopic composition of N and C in casein and multi-elemental

composition will be determined seasonally in March, June, September and December. Ancillary data

(soil and feeding) will be also provided. Check about milk powder.

Task 6: Evaluation of the data – statistical evaluation, modeling

Task 7: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board.

DELIVERABLES

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No. Description Month

1 Obtained appropriate CRM 1-2

2 Results on the inter-laboratory comparison 2

3 SOPs 6

4 Data base on background information on sampling sites 2

5 Data on the O, H in milk water, C, N in casein, major and

trace elements and fatty acid composition

12

6 Evaluation of the data + presentations + publication 15

7 Annual IAEA report 18

EXPECTED RESULTS

The main output of the project is the construction of authentic comparative database of Slovenian milk

including stable isotope and elemental composition. In the long-term the generation of isotopic and

multi-element maps of foods from different geographical locations could be constructed and

incorporated intro traceability systems. The work will be presented at workshops to national and

international communities and published in international recognized journals.

The results of the proposed project will be important for scientific and social-economic development and

will enable efficient exchange of new knowledge and incorporation in new food studies. The proposed

project includes a combination of different analytical techniques and approaches that will contribute to

the establishing and updating of large-scale databases and made a scientific basis for the development of

new approaches that could be included in new regulations. The proposed approaches will strengthening

the competitiveness of the whole agro-food chain and at the same time protect the consumer and good

name of the country.

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Country: Sri Lanka Contract No. 18066

Project Title Accessible Technologies for the Verification of

Origin of Dairy Products as an Example Control

System to Enhance Global Trade and Food Safety

Lead Partner Ms Champa Dissanayake

Start month Jan 2014

End month Dec 2014

Interaction with other partners Preeni Abeynayake, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

& Animal Sciences, University of Peradeniya

Technical support required For Sample Analysis

OBJECTIVES

To develop a sample strategy for milk & dairy products and to establish analytical capability for

stable isotopes and trace elements.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Task 1: Geographical mapping of dairy processing centers and the milk producers supplying to the same

processing plant within a range of 5km radius.

Task 2: Literature survey to find out methodology for extraction and analysis.

Task 3: Collect metrological data

Task 4: Establish liquid distillation procedures for processing milk samples

Task 5: Procurements

Task 6: Collect representative milk samples to derive baseline data

Task 7: Establish sampling milk & supplementary samples along with maintaining records

Task 8: Write and send an annual report to be evaluated by IAEA scientific board.

DELIVERABLES

No. Description Month

1 GPS maps for locating sampling sites December,2013 - April,2014

2 Literature Review will be available December,2013 - April,2014

3 Collect metrological data December,2013 – January,2014

4 Establish liquid distillation procedures for milk samples. December,2013 – August,2014

5 Availability of equipment and supplies January,2014 - August,2014

6 Collect representative milk samples August, 2014

7 Available milk samples at suitable storage conditions August, 2014

8 Progress reports will be sent through the institutes(AEA) September , 2014

EXPECTED RESULTS

Availability of sampling method & milk samples and supplementary samples in order to establish

baseline data