Chemical food safety-related analyses
Screening lab
Contact: Sigrid Ooghe (sigrid.ooghe@ilvo.vlaanderen.be; +32 9 272 30 12) and Katrien Broekaert (katrien.broekaert@ilvo.vlaanderen.be; +32 9 272 28 19)
In the laboratory for antibiotic screening, foodstuffs can be screened using microbiological tests for the presence of inhibitory substances (mainly antibiotics and chemotherapeutics). Foods can also be analyzed group specifically using immunological, Charm II and receptor tests for the presence of residues of ß-lactam antibiotics, (penicillins and cephalosporines), tetracyclines, sulfonamides, streptomycines, macrolides & lincosamides, quinolones, chlooramphenicol, etc. The lab has also screening tests to detect aflatoxin M1 en melamine in milk.
In addition, commercial screening tests for the detection of antibiotics in milk, honey, meat, or other food products and for the detection of mycotoxins can be validated according to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/808, the EURL Guidelines and the ISO/IDF Guidelines for the validation of screening methods for residues of veterinary drugs.
> See here for the most recent list of screening kits validated by ILVO.
Chromatographic laboratory
Contact: els.daeseleire@ilvo.vlaanderen.be; +32 9 272 30 32
In the chromatographic laboratory, residues of veterinary drugs and contaminants are analyzed in several matrices such as milk, eggs, meat, honey and feed. The LC-MS/MS analysis technique is mainly used.
> See the list of analyses
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