The Future of Mass Spectrometry in Food Science

/Prof. Chris Elliott

4 Jun 2016

Professor Chris Elliott describes the developments in mass spectrometry that have enabled the reliable detection of food fraud. The future of this technique’s development lies with creating software that simplifies and accelerates spectral analysis, allowing it to become a routine quality control tool in industry.

Prof. Chris Elliott

Queen's University Belfast

Biography

Since 1986 Chris has been active in research related to veterinary drug residue analysis and specialised in using immunochemical based screening technologies. The research has widened to include a wider range of toxic chemicals in foods and agricultural commodities such as mycotoxins, phycotoxins and plant toxins. The technologies platforms researched have also increased to include many forms of biosensor and lateral flow techniques. He has published more than 300 papers in the field of detection and control of chemical contaminants in agri-food commodities and co-ordinated one of the world's largest research project in this area (www.BioCop.org). He has also co-ordinated another major EU research project QSAFFE which is dealt with contaminant issues along the animal feed supply chain.