SARAF Webinar, December 17th, 2025

Since 2001, SARAF (LABERCA, Oniris, Nantes, France) aims at training scientists, engineers and technicians to the modern analytical methods dedicated to residues and contaminants in food.

Following our Webinars of 1st March, 8th December 2022 and 20 December 2023 on CIR (EU) 2021/808, we organised a Part IV Webinar which took place on 17 December 2025.

Key experts

Bruno LE BIZEC

Moderator, NRL, LABERCA, Nantes, France

Frans VERSTRAETE

EU DG SANTE, Brussels, Belgium

Joachim POLZER

EURL Berlin, BVL, Germany

Geert JANSSENS

AFSCA, Belgium

 

Martina REJTHAROVA

USKVBL, Czech Republic

Patricia MUNOZ

AESAN, CNA, Spain

Eric VERDON

EURL Vet med Fougères, Anses, France

Saskia STERK

EURL Wageningen, WFSR, The Netherlands

Programme

09:00 – 09:05INTRODUCTIONWelcome and presentation of the webinar and the speakers
Pr Bruno Le Bizec, NRL, LABERCA, Nantes, France		PDF
09:05 – 09:30INTRODUCTIONIntroduction, progress update
Mr Frans Verstraete, EU DG SANTE, Brussels, Belgium		PDF
09:35 – 09:55PRESENTATIONTestimony from an EU member state competent authority, Belgium
  • Relations with the national accreditation body and NRLs network
  • Practical consequences for current/future monitoring/control plans
Dr Geert Janssens, AFSCA-FAVV		PDF
10:00 – 10:20PRESENTATIONProgress as observed by the VMPR-EURLs
  • Qualitative methods
  • MMPR guidance update
  • HRMS working group and stability database

Dr Joachim Polzer, EURL Berlin, BVL, Germany 		PDF
10:20 – 10:35BREAK
10:35 – 10:50PRESENTATIONTestimony from an EU member state NRL, Czech Republic
  • Progress in relation to deadlines
  • Official use and implementation of new validated methods

Drs. Martina Rejtharova, Czech Reference Laboratory, Brno		PDF
10:55 – 11:10PRESENTATIONTestimony from an EU member state NRL, Spain
  • Progress in relation to deadlines
  • Official use and implementation of new validated methods

Drs. Patricia Muñoz, Spanish Reference Laboratory, Madrid		PDF
11:15 – 11:45ROUND TABLERound table with quizzes and word clouds
Mr Frans Verstraete, Dr. Eric Verdon, Drs. Saskia Sterk, Dr. Joachim Polzer
11:50 – 12:00CONCLUSIONMain messages, acknowledgments, future SARAF events
Mr Frans Verstraete and Pr Bruno Le Bizec

Webinar replay

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If you wish to download the video file, please contact us saraf(at)oniris-nantes.fr

Answers to the questions posted during the live session

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