PFAS: Navigating regulations, challenges, risk management and testing in the food supply chain

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11 December 2024

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In the coming years, the implementation of food safety testing regulations will expand globally. The prevalence of PFAS across the supply chain, concerns around health impacts, dietary risk exposure and supply chain assurance are all components of these soon-to-be implemented requirements.

Currently, the EU and China regulate a limited regulatory framework encompassing a small list of PFAS compounds in food, ingredients, beverages and feed. However, the EU has proposed an expanded list in Commission with approximately 29 compounds proposed and further expansion expected over the coming years. The REACH updates in 2025 are expected to impact packaging and process control, while in the United States, AOAC (AOAC SMPR 2023.003) has ratified a proposed method to test residues of up to 40 PFAS chemicals incurred in food and feed.

These regulations will have an impact on production and supply in the food value chain and drive a need for more testing and mapping of PFAS in foodstuffs.

With new regulations, come new testing challenges; the addition of new compounds to the testing regimen brings analytical challenges and the approach to this analysis is as critical as the choice of supplier to assure consumers that the food they consume is as safe and risk-free as they expect.

Key learning points: 

• Explore the evolving food safety regulatory landscape and the impact of new technologies.
• Discuss collaboration opportunities between companies and regulators to improve compliance.
• Evaluate strategies for identifying and managing food safety risks within the supply chain.
• Focus on the role of data analytics in promoting  transparency and proactive risk management.

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OUR SPEAKER

Lorna De Leoz – Global Food Segment Manager, Agilent Technologies 

Lorna De Leoz, Ph.D., has nearly years of experience in the food industry as a bench chemist, graduate researcher, and mass spectrometry specialist. She is currently Global Food Segment Manager at Agilent Technologies. Previously she was a Research Chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology where she led a global study on the glycosylation of monoclonal antibodies and extended the scope of the NIST mass spectral libraries to include oligosaccharides. Lorna completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California, Davis where her research focused on understanding the role of milk oligosaccharides in infant gut flora.

 

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11 December 2024 at 3pm GMT. 

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