Looking Ahead to NACRW 2019!

By Sareeta Nerkar

The North American Chemical Residue Workshop (NACRW) conducts an annual meeting catered to scientists who are particularly interested in trace level analysis of pesticides, veterinary drug residues and other chemicals in food, animal feed and environmental samples. Formerly named the Florida Pesticide Residue Workshop (FPRW), this year marks the 56th Annual Conference!

Two of our research chemists will be traveling to Naples, Florida from July 21-24, and they hope to get a chance to meet customers face-to-face and compare notes on the latest research and upcoming industry needs! Sareeta Nerkar will be joined by Maria Ofitserova in representing Pickering Laboratories at the meeting. In addition to sponsoring a luncheon, Sareeta and Maria will be hosting a vendor seminar on Wednesday, July 24 that will include the latest post-column applications, including Mycotoxins Analysis in Hemp and additional exciting news.

Sareeta is also looking forward to her oral presentation Tuesday, July 23 on Improved Extraction and Cleanup Prior to HPLC Determination of Glyphosate in Food Samples. She will be discussing a simple and robust method for the analysis of Glyphosate at sub-ppm levels in different kinds of food. The accelerated sample preparation improves sample throughput and reduces the cost of analysis for busy testing laboratories using the post-column Glyphosate method!

The Pickering Laboratories poster for the conference this year is on the Analysis of Mycotoxins in Cannabis Plants and Cannabis-containing Products, so please look for Sareeta during the poster session!