Advanced techniques for chemical residues detection from animal food products , TECHIM

• Creation of an complex system of identification and nanoscale determination methods and techniques for some chemical residues from animal originated food products aiming to harmonize legislation from field of ensures the quality of food products with international legislation emphasis towards EU legislation;
• Accomplishing of an systematic study of influence of this residues n human health and correlation of products types with nutrition customs;
• Increasing the visibility of Romanian research towards the perspective alignment to European scientific community and accessing common research projects.

During the project it will be followed:

1. Detection of chemical residues and their systematization, especially of veterinary drugs, by therapeutic categories, in various types of food products (meat, meat products and eggs);
2. Development of a techniques to determine chemical residues in animal originated food products by using liquid chromatography HPLC and HPLC coupled with mass spectrometer;
3. Investigation of the effects of residues present in animal originated food products on human health;
4. Obtained results will be integrated into a database and will be correlated with international food quality standards of food products. The harmonization between national standards and international EU standards will be followed. Obtained results will contribute to elaboration of quality management system of food products useful on both governmental levels as well as to increase efficiency in growing domestic animals. Patent proposal on developed method will be made.

• Methods for detection of some drug compounds at nanoscale level in animal originated food products;
• Degradation schema;
• Degradation structures;
• Databases;
• The effects of chemical residues from veterinary drugs present in food on human health;
• Patent proposal;
• Publications for better acknowledgement of the scientific activity and potential of Romania;
• Increase the level of international acknowledgement of scientific, technical, and technological development stage of Romania.

Stage I
Period: Sept. 2006 – Dec. 2006
Applicative research: Studies concerning detection limits and methods used to determine the chemical residues from veterinary original food.

1.1 Studies regarding detection limits and methods used in determination;

Stage II
Period: Jan. 2007 – Apr. 2007
Applicative research: Studies regarding the veterinary origin drugs, method elaboration.

2.1 Study regarding the veterinary origin drugs;
2.1 Elaboration of method for quantitative determination of chemical residues of veterinary origins.

Stage III
Period: May 2007 – Oct. 2007
Applicative research: Quantitative determination method of chemical residues of veterinary origins.

3.1 Method realization;
3.2 Experiment the method for its optimization.

Stage IV
Period: Nov. 2007 – Feb. 2008
Applicative research: Simulation of degradation schema for chemical structures detected as residues.

4.1 Simulation of degradation schema;
4.2 Identification of degradation structures;
4.3 Chemical characterization of structures;
4.4 Realization of identification techniques for chemical residues of veterinary origins in animal products.

Stage V
Period: Mar. 2008 – July 2008
Precompetitive Research-Development: Study the effects of chemical residues in food on human health. Database building.

5.1 Study the effects of chemical residues in animal originated food on human health;
5.2 Build database (chemical);
5.3 Build database (medical).

Stage VI
Period: Aug. 2008 – Oct. 2008
Suport activities. Result dissemination.

6.1 Dissemination on large scale through communication and publication;
6.2 Patent proposition;
6.3 Demonstrative meetings;
6.4 Round table for results presentation.

• Prof. PhD Elias Papanagiotou, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , Salonic, Greece;
• Prof. PhD Livia Simon Sarkadi, Technical University of Budapest , Hungary.