The March/April 2011 issue of the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL will feature a Special Guest Editor Section consisting of nine papers on “Analytical Methods for the Determination of Veterinary Drug Residues in Food Products of Animal Origin.” The special section was guest edited by Badar Shaikh, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, who says, “The information in this section will enhance the capability of consumers, investigators, and regulatory agencies to assess the presence of drug residues in animal-derived food products destined for human consumption.”

The Special Guest Editor Section includes the following contributions:

• “European Analytical Criteria: Past, Present, and Future,” by Lynn Vanhaecke, Petra Gowik, Bruno Le Bizec, Leen Van Ginkel, Emmanuelle Bichon, Marco Blokland, and Hubert F. De Brabander



• “Validation of the Charm MRL-3 for Fast Screening of ß-Lactam Antibiotics in Raw Milk,” by Wim Reybroeck, Sigrid Doghe, Hubert F. De Brabander, and Els Daeseleire



• “Optimization and Validation of a Multiclass Screening and Confirmation Method for Drug Residues in Milk Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry,” by Susan B. Clark, Joseph M. Storey, and Sherri B. Turnipseed



• “Development of a Quantitative Multiclass/Multiresidue Method for 21 Veterinary Drugs in Shrimp,” by Hui Li and Philip J. Kijak



• “Validated Determination of Eight Antibiotic Substance Groups in Cattle and Pig Muscle by HPLC/MS/MS,” by Detlef A. Bohm, Carolin S. Stachel, and Petra Gowik



• “Simultaneous Determination of 20 ß-Agonists in Pig Muscle and Liver by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry,” by Chang Liu, Wenting Ling, Weidong Xu, and Yifeng Chai



• “A New Approach to the Analysis of Nicarbazin and Ionophores in Eggs by HPLC/MS/MS,” by Jasna Dmitrovic and David A. Durden



• “Determination and Confirmation of Tulathromycin Residues in Bovine Liver and Porcine Kidney via Their Common Hydrolytic Fragment Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry,” by Pamela L. Boner, David W. Gottschall, and Heasook Kim-Kang



• “Development of a Method to Determine Albendazole and Its Metabolites in the Muscle Tissue of Yellow Perch Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection,” by Donglei Yu, Nathan Rummel, and Badar Shaikh

The Special Guest Editor Section, which was arranged by Acquisitions Editor Joseph Sherma, is available online now at http://www.atypon-link.com/AOAC/toc/jaoi/0/0 and will appear in the March/April 2011 print issue of J. AOAC Int. For additional information on this special section, please contact Catherine Wattenberg, Journal Production Manager, at cwattenberg@aoac.org. To subscribe to J. AOAC Int. or to purchase reprints of the Special Section, contact Customer Service at CustomerService@aoac.org or Tel: +1-301-924-7077 ext. 170, or visit http://www.aoac.org/pubs/jaoac.htm.

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