EURL DataPool

Online Tool for

Estimation of Measurement
Uncertainty
(joint EURL/AQC-project)
(Hubert Zipper, EURL-SRM)
 A Brief History of

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2006 2007 2009 2013 2015

 What is the Idea behind it?
-> Convenient and efficient access to
information needed for proper
decision-making in pesticide
residue analysis.
 Outline
• Figures
• Experimental Data & Challenges
• Tool for Estimation of Measurement
Uncertainty
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Network of Official EU-Laboratories
Coordinated by EURLs for Pesticide Residues
980 email-
addresses
Total Number of Users

4713
Pesticide Experts from …
 Some Usage Statistics
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121 119 118
120 116 113
109 110
# of different Experts

98 102
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Date
 EUPT Archive Lab Network

Analytical Methods Compound Stability

Method Validation MRL Residue

Data Definitions

Compounds Commodities
 EUPT Archive Lab Network

Data from
Analytical Methods Compound Stability
Literature

Method Validation MRL Residue

Data Definitions

Compounds Commodities
 EUPT Archive Lab Network

„Living“ Data
Analytical Methods Compound Stability

EU & Codex
MRL Res Def
Method Validation MRL Residue
Data Definitions

Compounds Commodities
 EUPT Archive Lab Network

Experimental
Analytical Methods Data Compound Stability

Method Validation MRL Residue

Data Definitions

Compounds Commodities
 Compound Stability Database
1.
2.

-> Systematic collection and online

retrieval of stability data
-> Storage of data about the stability of
pesticide standards in
• stock solutions
• working solutions (-> mixtures)
• sample extracts
• (pure standards)
Compound Stability Database

Stability data for 321 pesticides submitted by 3 labs!

Submission of Compound Stability Data
Method Validation Database
• Data submitted by 46 labs
• 420.000 recoveries
• 999 pesticides
• 208 commodities
• QuEChERS (citrate) + QuOil:
91 % of recoveries
• S19: 1 % of rec.
• Sweet: 1 % rec.
• Quppe: 2 % rec.
• ChemElut: 5% rec.
 Submission of Method Validation Data

Format flexible! Submission of validation data for any extraction

method is possible!
 Submission of Method Validation Data
Additional Info will be introduced soon:
 EUPT Archive Lab Network

Analytical Methods Compound Stability

Data is
linked!
Method Validation MRL Residue
Data Definitions

Compounds Commodities
 Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty

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method
eupt data
validation data
For details on „Online Tool for Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty “ go to
Download II of this presentation.
Output 1 | EURL DataPool - Website

• Convenient and efficient access to

pesticide-related information
→ Systematisch und bequem zugreifbar

• Method Development

• Tool for Calculation of Measurement

Uncertainty
 Output 2 | EURL DataPool - Reporting

External Evaluations for

Lab / Network / COM

EFSA-reports EU Lab-Network
PeRL – CheckYourScope
DIN/CEN-Methods
EU-Monitoring
Art. 12 EURL-PinBoard
Thank you for your attention!