| Midwest Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL 2011 Annual Meeting & Expo June 6 - 9, 2011 Lincoln, Nebraska |
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| The 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Section of Association of Official Analytical Communities Program |
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Exhibitor Set-Up
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Casper-Hefle Memorial Golf Outing
Yankee Hill Country Club
Sponsored and hosted by R-BioPharm
Contact: Sean Tinkey, 877-789-3033, s.tinkey@r-biopharm.com
3:00 PM – 7:30 PM REGISTRATION
Outside the Lincoln Ballroom, near the Front Desk
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Midwest Section AOAC Board Meeting
Executive Board Room – lower level
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM VENDORS' EXPOSITION and WELCOME RECEPTION
Lincoln Ballroom
See a List of Vendors
TUESDAY - AM June 7th, 2011
6:30 AM – 9:30 AM Breakfast Buffet (included in the room reservation)
Red Onion Restaurant in the Hotel
7:00 AM – 11:30 AM REGISTRATION
Outside the Lincoln Ballroom, near the Front Desk
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM VENDORS' EXPOSITION
Lincoln Ballroom
See a List of Vendors
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM WORKSHOP: NFTA
University Room
Chair: Ron Tombaugh, Dart Hay Service, Inc.
This workshop is a hands-on demonstration on collecting a forage sample and completing the analysis
requested. This workshop will take two days, one day to collect and test the sample, and on Wednesday you
will discuss the results.
8:00 AM Why Testing is Important
Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin - Madison
8:30 AM Vitro Digestibility
David Combs, University of Wisconsin - Madison
9:00 AM Becoming a Certified Sampler
Tom Keene, University of Kentucky
9:30 AM Sample Collection Workshop
Kevin Grooms and NFTA Board Members
Nebraska Department of Agriculture Parking Lot.
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM SYMPOSIUM: Tips and Trials of Pesticide/Contaminate Analysis Using LC/MS/MS and GC/MS/MS
Platte Room—lower level
Chair: Heidi Hickes, Montana Department of Agriculture
8:00 AM Tips and Trials of Pesticide Determinations by LC/MS/MS: Montana Case Studies
with Glyphosate, Aminopyralid, and Sulfometuron Methyl
Heidi Hickes, Montana Department of Agriculture Analytical Laboratory
8:30 AM Developing Multi-Residue Pesticide and Antibiotic Methods for Analysis by
MS/MS: The Art of Chromatographic Give-and-Take
Lauryn Bailey, Ph.D., Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratories
9:00 AM An Overview of USDA PDP Pesticide Residue Studies on Various Food
Commodities Utilizing LC/MS/MS
Eric Petty, Colorado Department of Agriculture
9:30 AM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
10:00 AM Minimal Sample Prep for Aqueous Environmental Sample Analysis: Combining
Direct Injection and LC/MS/MS Instrumental Analysis for Pesticide
Determinations in Water
Kelly A. Peterson, Colorado Department of Agriculture
10:30 AM Implementation of LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS Determination of Pesticides in
Foods and Feeds at the Food and Drug Administration
Chris A. Sack, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
11:00 AM Panel Discussion
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM SYMPOSIUM: Updating AOAC Official Nutrition Methods in Concert with Changing Regulations
and Practices
Niobrara Room—lower level
Chairs: Jon DeVries & John Szpylka, Medallion Laboratories/General Mills
8:00 AM Introduction
8:05 AM Dietary Fiber - Updating the AOAC Official Methods in Line with CODEX
Adoption of a Definition
Jon DeVries, Medallion Laboratories/General Mills
8:35 AM Non-Digestible Oligosaccharides - Complex Testing Needs and Challenges
Garrett Zielinski, Covance Laboratories
9:05 AM A Bird’s Eye View of the Statistics Generated During Validation of AOAC Dietary
Fiber Methods Over the Past Three Decades
Paul Wehling, Medallion Laboratories/General Mills
9:35 AM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
Update on Stakeholder Panel for Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN).
An enhanced scientific opportunity for AOAC members.
10:05 AM Establishing Standard Method Performance Requirements for Infant and Adult
Nutritionals
Arlene Fox, AOAC International
10:35 AM Method Requirements and Method Approaches for Vitamin A in Infant Formula
and Adult Nutritionals
Jon DeVries and Elliot McSherry
10:45 AM Method Requirements and Method Approaches for Vitamin E in Infant Formula
and Adult Nutritionals
Sneh Bandhari
10:55 AM Method Requirements and Method Approaches for Vitamin B12 in Infant Formula
and Adult Nutritionals
Ester Campos-Gimenez
11:05 AM Method Requirements and Method Approaches for Vitamin D in Infant Formula
and Adult Nutritionals
Don Gilliland
11:15 AM Method Requirements and Method Approaches for Folic Acid in Infant Formula
and Adult Nutritionals
John Szpylka
11:25 AM Method Requirements and Method Approaches for Inositol in Infant Formula and
Adult Nutritionals
Karen Schmipf
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM SYMPOSIUM: Vendor Presentations
Arbor Room
Chair: Tai Ha, Nebraska Department of Agriculture
8:00 AM Single Reaction Chamber Microwave Digestion for the Sample Preparation of
Feed and Fertilizer Samples Prior to Trace Metals Analysis
Karen Czerwinski, Milestone Inc.
8:00 AM – 12:00 AM WORKSHOP: Pesticide Formulations – Sample Collecting (part 1)
Hamilton Hall, Room 312/313, UNL City Campus
Instructors: Adrian Burns, EPA and Oliver Bennet, Kansas Department of Agriculture
This workshop will be a hands-on demonstration on how to collect your analytical sample from
towelettes, spray cans, dust cans, and other dispensers. This workshop will take 6-8 hours, continued
after lunch.
Session one: Introduction to pesticide formulations -- what they are, what analysis questions need to be
answered, where to find reference chemicals, where to find methods, etc.
Session Two: Sampling of pesticide formulations – How to sample several types – Aerosols, Wet Wipes,
Cattle Mineral Blocks, etc.
Session Three: Preparation of sample for analysis – Tank Mixes, Phase Over, Wettable Powders,
Emulsifiable Concentrates, etc
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM Posters
Arbor Room
TUESDAY - PM June 7th, 2011
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LUNCH - News and Updates from AOAC INTERNATIONAL
Lincoln Ballroom
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM WORKSHOP: NFTA
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Chair: Ron Tombaugh, Dart Hay Service, Inc.
NFTA Board Members and others will process and analyze samples taken before lunch.
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Food Allergens
Niobrara Room-lower level
Chair: Joe Baumert, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1:30 PM Analytical Methods for Detection of Allergenic Residues: The Influence of
Processing on Detection and Risk Assessment
Joe Baumert, Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2:00 PM Swabs to Products – A Commentary on the Sensitivity of Allergen Swabs
Steve Taylor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2:30 PM The Use of ELISA Test Kits for Development and Validation of Gluten-Free
Programs
Scott Hegenbart, ConAgra Foods Inc.
3:00 PM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
3:30 PM Presentations on New Product Developments from Allergen Detection Kit
Manufacturers:
R-Biopharm – Sigrid Haas-Lauterbach, Ph.D.
Neogen Corporation – Tony Lupo
Romer Labs Inc. – Donna Houchins
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Vendor Presentations
Arbor Room
Chair: Tai Ha, Nebraska Department of Agriculture
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM WORKSHOP: Pesticide Formulations – Sample Collecting (part 2)
Hamilton Hall, Room 312/313, UNL City Campus
Instructors: Oliver Bennet, Kansas Department of Agriculture
Session Four: Wet chemical analysis -- Titration for chlorides, Bisdithiocarbamate method, Active
chlorine pool chemicals, etc
Session Five: Instrumental analysis – Determination of several Chlorophenoxy Herbicides on LC/UV &
Pour-on style cattle insecticides on GC/FID
Session Six: Reporting results – What does the label say – What if your results don’t agree with the
label --Horowitz connection – Technical actives, multiple component actives, Reports - what style, etc.
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM Posters
Arbor Room
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EVENING SOCIAL
Dinner & tour of Memorial Stadium (Home of the Nebraska Cornhusker Football Team). See registration desk for more information.
WEDNESDAY - AM June 8th, 2011
6:30 AM – 9:30 AM Breakfast Buffet (included in the room reservation)
Red Onion Restaurant in the Hotel
7:00 AM – 11:30 AM REGISTRATION
Outside the Lincoln Ballroom, near the Front Desk
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM VENDORS' EXPOSITION
Lincoln Ballroom
See a List of Vendors
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM SYMPOSIUM: Safety
Missouri Room - lower level
Chair: Pam Hendershot, PraxAir
8:00 AM Safely Using Compressed Gases and Cylinders
Pam Hendershot, PraxAir
8:30 AM Pesticide Safety for Lab Chemists
Clyde Ogg, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
9:00 AM Chemical Safety
Bryan Birdall, Honeywell Burdick & Jackson
9:30 AM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
10:00 AM Safety in the Work Place and When Out of the Laboratory
Tom Jensen, Nebraska Department of Agriculture
10:30 AM Eyewear Safety and Using the Correct Gloves
Fisher Scientific
11:00 AM Panel Discussion
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM SYMPOSIUM: Water/Waste Water
Niobrara Room - lower level
Chair: Dr. Edward F. Askew, Askew Scientific Consulting
8:00 AM The New EPA Method Update Rule for Wastewater Analyses
Edward Askew, Askew Scientific Consulting
8:45 AM Application and Impacts of Water Quality Standards
John DeLashmit, United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 7
9:30 AM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
10:00 AM Metal Speciation: Methods and Geochemical Applications
Anthony Bednar, US Army Corps of Engineers
10:45 AM Method for the Rapid Determination of 4-Methylimidazole in Food and Beverage
Products Using LC/MS/MS
Matthew Eckert, Covance Laboratories, Inc.
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM SYMPOSIUM: Feeds and Fertilizers
Platte Room - lower level
Chair: Lawrence Novotny, Olson Agricultural Services Laboratory, South Dakota State University
8:00 AM Single Laboratory Validation of Multitoxin Mycotoxin Method Using LC-MS/MS
Christy Brewe, Romer Labs
8:30 AM Progress Towards Validation of Test Methods for the Quantitation of Multiple
Mycotoxins in Animal Feeds and Animal Feed Ingredients: An Update From the
Multi-Mycotoxin Working Group of the AAFCO Laboratory Methods and Services
Committee
Victoria Siegel, Office of Indiana State Chemist
9:00 AM Simple Sugars Not So Simple
Jeff Horst, Agri-King
9:30 AM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
10:00 AM Analysis of Sugars in Feeds by HPLC with Post Column Derivatization and
Fluorescence Detection
Maria Ofitserova, Pickering Laboratories
10:30 AM Single-Laboratory Validation for the Quantification of Direct Available Phosphate
by Discrete Analyzer and Soluble Potash by ICP-AES in Fertilizers
Ryan Nimick, Olson Agricultural Analytical Services Lab
11:00 AM Panel Discussion
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM SYMPOSIUM: Vendor Presentations
Arbor Room
Chair: Tai Ha, Nebraska Department of Agriculture
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM Posters
Arbor Room
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM DISPLAY: National Guard HazMat Truck
Vehicle will be on display in the Holiday Inn parking garage.
See registration desk for exact location.
WEDNESDAY - PM June 8th, 2011
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LUNCH - Presentation on the AOAC Research Institute
Lincoln Ballroom
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: NFTA
University Room - main level
Chair: Ron Tombaugh, Dart Hay Service, Inc.
1:30 PM Forage Variability and Multiple Sampling
Dave Mertens, USDA, ARS, United States Dairy Forage Research
3:00 PM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
3:30 PM NIR Analysis and Neighbor Distance
John Shenk, Shenk Analytical International
4:00 PM A Portable NIR Instrument to Analyze Agricultural Products
John Shenk, Shenk Analytical International
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Laboratory Accreditation
Missouri Room - lower level
Chair: Arlene Fox, AOAC International
1:30 PM A2LA: Laboratory Accreditation: Preparation and Process for achieving ISO/IEC
17025
Roger Brauninger, American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
2:00 PM Lessons Learned from a Laboratory New to Accreditation
David Fall, Covance Laboratories, Inc.
2:30 PM You’ve Attained ISO 17025 Accreditation - Now What? A Laboratory’s Perspective
John Szpylka and Melissa Graul, Medallion Laboratories/General Mills
3:00 PM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
3:30 PM ISO Guide 34, Certified Reference Material and What it Means for You
Tina Sobania, Microbiolgics, Inc.
4:00 PM The Cost of Quality in the Laboratory
Irene G. Grabowski, Business Systems Solutions
4:30 PM An Assessor’s View on the Challenges of Achieving Accreditation
Arlene Fox, AOAC International
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Use of Rapid Assays for Water Monitoring
Niobrara Room - lower level
Chair: Daniel D. Snow, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, School of Natural Resources
1:30 PM Implementing Statewide Pesticide Monitoring Using Local Resources and
Immunoassay Methods
Craig Romary, Nebraska Department of Agriculture
2:00 PM Nebraska’s Toxic Algae Beach Monitoring Program Using the ELISA Procedure
John Lund, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
2:30 PM High-Performance Immunosorbents for the Selective Trace Analysis of Emerging
Contaminants in Water
David S. Hage, Efthimia Papastavros, and Daniel D. Snow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:00 PM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
3:30 PM Using the Citizen Scientist in First-Tier Environmental Screening: Atrazine in the
Elkhorn River Watershed
Gwendolyn Ryskamp and Alan S. Kolok, University of Nebraska - Omaha
4:00 PM Small, Light, Cheap: Mini Mobile Units in Environmental Bioassessment
Alan S. Kolok, University of Nebraska - Omaha
4:30 PM PCR-Based Methods for Detection of Pathogenic and Fecal Indicator Bacteria
Lisa Durso, USDA - Agricultural Research Service
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Mycotoxins in Food: A Continuing Challenge
Platte Room - lower level
Chairs: Dr. Andreia Bianchini and Dr. Jayne Stratton, The Food Processing Center, University of
Nebraska- Lincoln, Nebraska
1:30 PM Deoxynivalenol and Related Compounds in Wheat - a Natural History and Future
Directions
Heather Hallen-Adams, Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2:00 PM Molecular Tools in Detection and Quantification of Mycotoxigenic Fungi
Anuradha Vegi, Ph.D., North Dakota State University
2:30 PM Aflatoxin Analysis and Distribution of Aflatoxin Mass in Rice Milling Fractions
Mary Trucksess, Food and Drug Administration
3:00 PM BREAK
Lincoln Ballroom
New Developments in Commercially Available Mycotoxin Detection Kits:
3:30 PM Vicam—a Waters Business
3:50 PM Romer Labs
4:10 PM R-Biopharm Group
4:30 PM Neogen Corporation
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM Posters
Arbor Room
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM DISPLAY: National Guard HazMat Truck
Vehicle will be on display in the Holiday Inn parking garage.
See registration desk for exact location.
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Agriculture Community Meeting
Missouri Room – lower level
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Water and Waste Water Community Meeting
Executive Board Room - lower level
WORKSHOPS - Thursday / Friday
THURSDAY - AM June 9th, 2011
6:30 AM – 9:30 AM Breakfast Buffet (included in the room reservation)
Red Onion Restaurant in the Hotel
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM WORKSHOP: Feed & Fertilizer Sample Preparation
Instructors: Staff from South Dakota State University and Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Class size: 20 or more
Location: Holiday Inn - Lincoln Ballroom
This hands-on workshop will demonstrate techniques for the preparation of difficult feed matrixes, forage,
mycotoxins, and fertilizer samples. An assortment of mills, sample splitters and mixing equipment will be
available. This workshop will take 4 hours.
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM WORKSHOP: Ion Selective Electrodes Analysis for Ammonia and Nitrate
Instructor: Dr. Edward F. Askew, Askew Scientific Consulting
Class Size: 10 - 12
Location: Holiday Inn - Platte Room - lower level
This workshop will be a hands-on demonstration of EPA and Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater analytical methods for ion selective electrodes. This includes matrix effects troubleshooting
and current method update rule QA/QC requirements. Participants will be trained to perform the methods
and troubleshooting. This workshop will take 4 hours to complete.
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM WORKSHOP: Mycotoxin Analysis
Instructors: Maria Ofitserova and Lazlo Torma, Pickering Laboratory
Class Size: 12 or More
Location: Food Industry Complex, Room 231, East Campus, UNL
This workshop will be a demonstration of the aflatoxin analysis utilizing the Pickering AcceClean workstation
for the immunoaffinity clean up and process and an explanation of AcceClean features. The samples will be
analyzed on site, but results will be distributed after the workshop. This workshop will take 4 hours.
THURSDAY - ALL DAY June 9th, 2011
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM *WORKSHOP: Fatty Acid Analysis in Animal Feeds (part 1)
Instructors: Dr. Jana Kraft, University of Vermont, assisted by Dr. Don Palmquist, Ohio State University
Class Size: 10 *If there are more than 10 registrants, the workshop will be repeated on Friday, June 10th.
Location: Hamilton Hall, Room 312, UNL City Campus
This workshop will be a hands-on demonstration of the method developed by Dr. Kraft and Dr. Palmquist.
Participants will be trained to perform the entire method. Quantitation will be conducted by GC. This
workshop will take 6 hours to complete.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM *WORKSHOP: Starch Analysis in Animal Feeds (part 1)
Instructor: Dr. MaryBeth Hall, USDA- Agricultural Research Service
Class Size: 10 – 12 *If there are more than 12 registrants, the workshop will be repeated
on Friday, June 10th.
Location: Hamilton Hall, Room 313, UNL City Campus
This workshop will be a hands-on demonstration of the method that will be undergoing an AOAC collaborative
study. Participants will be trained to perform the method. This workshop will take 6 hours to complete.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM LUNCH on your own
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM *WORKSHOP: Fatty Acid Analysis in Animal Feeds (part 2)
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM *WORKSHOP: Starch Analysis in Animal Feeds (part 2)
FRIDAY - ALL DAY June 10th, 2011
*WORKSHOP: Starch #2 (as above)
*WORKSHOP: Fatty Acid #2 (as above)
*One/both of these workshops will be added, if the number of registrants for Thursday, exceed the class size limit.
Posters
SLV Results for the Determination of Direct Available Phosphorus and Soluble Potash in Commercial Fertilizers by ICP-
OES
William Hall, James Bartos, and Sanford Seigel
SLV Results for the Determination of the Total Phosphorus and Potassium Content in Commercial Fertilizers by ICP-OES
William Hall, Barton Boggs, James Bartos, and Sanford Seigel
A Novel High-Throughput Digestion Method for Elemental Quantification of Small Amounts of Biological Samples
John Harris and Christian Trampitsch
Comparison of Acid Hydrolysis for Amino Acid Testing in Animal Feed
John V. Simpson, Yan Zhang, Richard Cantrill, Amy Johnson, and Lars Reimann
Validation of On-site Rapid Methods for Food Allergen Management
Donna Houchins, Michael Prinster, Elisabeth Halbmayr-Jech, Jacqueline Coutts, Adrian Rogers, and Richard Fielder
Single Reaction Chamber Microwave Digestion for the Sample Preparation of Feed and Fertilizer Samples Prior to Trace
Metals Analysis
Karen Czerwinski
Combustion Method for Nitrogen/Protein Determination in Canned Meat as Alternative to Kjeldahl Method
Liliana Krotz, Walter Galotta, and Guido Giazzi
Fully Stable 13C-Labeled Internal Standards for Mycotoxin Analysis
Christina Brewe, Donna Houchins, Michael Prinster, Alois Schiessl, Gunther Jaunecker, and George Haubl
Using Lateral Flow Devices for Semi-Quantitative Analysis of GMOs
Donna Houchins and Michael Prinster
Glycoalkaloid Content in Pet Food by UPLC-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Robert S. Sheridan and Jennifer L. Kemnah