Proposals in a wide range of topic areas are considered. However, the following areas are of particular interest as related to analytical science and food safety and have been identified as Session/Poster Tracks for the 2024 Annual Meeting:
Agriculture, Environment, & Biostimulants – Novel and/or newly validated chemical methods related to the analysis of environmental and agriculture samples, including biostimulants
Bioinformatics, Chemometrics, & Data Analytics – Novel approaches for use of advanced pattern recognition and other tools for interpretation of data to ensure food and supplement quality and safety
Botanicals & Dietary Supplements – Novel and/or newly validated chemical methods or other developments to support potency, safety, or identity of botanicals and dietary supplements
Chemical Contaminants & Residues – Novel and/or newly validated methods to determine chemical contaminants and residues externally added, naturally present, or produced during processing of foods or supplements
Food Additives & Colors – Novel and/or newly validated methods to determine food additives or colors
Food Authenticity & Food Fraud – Novel approaches to determine truthfulness or identity of ingredients and to detect deliberate fraudulent actions on foods or supplements
Food Nutrition – Novel and/or newly validated methods to determine nutritional content of foods
Hemp & Cannabis – Novel and/or newly validated chemical methods or other developments to support potency and safety of cannabis and cannabis-containing products, including hemp
Hot Topic: Novel Foods & Ingredients – New approaches for evaluating quality and safety of novel foods and ingredients
Hot Topic: Omics – Novel approaches using large scale study of organisms or molecular groups to ensure food and supplement quality and safety
Hot Topic: Probiotics – Novel approaches for evaluating quality and safety of probiotics
Laboratory Management, Compliance, & Accreditation – New approaches and developments in laboratory management, compliance, and accreditation
Microbiology & Molecular Biology Methods – Novel and/or newly validated microbiological methods for food and the environment, including Performance Tested MethodsSM
Quality Assurance & Reference Materials – New approaches and developments in quality assurance, including newly released of reference materials or their use to support quality assurance
