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Laboratorio de Análisis de Residuos de Plaguicidas y Contaminación Ambiental
Contact person:	Lissette Orta Arrazcaeta Armando Rafael Romeu Carballo Gonzalo Dierksmeier Corcuera
E-Mail:	Lissette Orta Arrazcaeta This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Armando Rafael Romeu Carballo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Gonzalo Dierksmeier Corcuera This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mandate of the Laboratory:	The institute (INISAV) is part of the Agricultural Ministry, and this is the methodological and technical support of the activities related to the plant protection in Cuba, it has among their functions the scientific technical services, the research, the specialized consultantships and the normative methodological activity related with the use of pesticides and similar chemical compound in the country.
Role in the farm-to-fork chain:	Technical support of the activities related with the determination of pesticides residues in food and environmental, to contribute to the implementation and evaluation of Good Agricultural Practices, to contribute to the rational and safe use of pesticides and to elevate the food safety.
National Reference Laboratory:	Yes, it is. Area: - Pesticides residues analysis in crops and environmental samples. - PCBs and POPs Pesticides in environmental.
Type of contaminants analysed:	Pesticides residues PCBs POPs Pesticides
Matrices analysed:	Crops: vegetable, fruit, cereal, coffee and beans. Environmental: water, sediment, biota, fish, soil, air. Other commodity: honey, shrimps, tobacco.
Combination matrices and contaminants analysed:	Crops: Vegetable, fruit, cereal, beans, coffee: Pesticides residues. Environmental: Water: Pesticides residues. Sediment: Pesticides residues, PCBs and POPs Pesticides. Biota: Pesticides residues, PCBs and POPs Pesticides. Fish: Pesticides residues, PCBs and POPs Pesticides. Soil: Pesticides residues, PCBs and POPs Pesticides. Air: Pesticides residues, PCBs and POPs Pesticides. Other commodity: Honey: Pesticides residues, PCBs and POPs Pesticides. Shrimps: Pesticides residues. Tobacco: Pesticides residues.
Description of validated method used:	Organophosphorus in honey.
Laboratory accredited according to ISO17025:	No
Provision of interpretation of residue data to customers:	It provides data interpretation
Laboratory certified according to GLP:	No
Is laboratory available for research and development (R@D) within RALACA when funding becomes available?	Yes, it is.
Is the laboratory available for quality auditing services within RALACA when funding becomes available?	Yes, it is.
Is the laboratory available for expert missions within RALACA when funding becomes available?	Yes, it is.
Is the laboratory available for ad hoc on- site training when funding becomes available?	No, for this moment.
Is the laboratory available for ad hoc remote/distance learning training when technology and funding becomes available?	The laboratory has access to internet but with restriction and the connection is slow.
Is the laboratory available for preparationof ad hoc reference materials when projects/funding becomes available?	No, it is not.
Is the laboratory available for organization and distribution of ad hoc proficiency testing/collaborative trials when projects/funding becomes available?	No, it is not

Cuba

*Partnes from Cuba*
Partner	Institution	Contact
Isis María Fernández Gómez	Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nancy Mercedes Alberro Macías	Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Eduardo Adolfo Capote Ferrera	Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Niuris Martinez Ricardo	Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jorge Antonio Carrazana González	Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Yamila	Instituto Nacional de Higiene Epidemiología y Microbiología	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mabel	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos (CEAC)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Maikel Hernández Núñez	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos (CEAC)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Minerva Sánchez LLull	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rita Yvelice Sibello Hernandez	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alain Muñoz Caravaca	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Félix Osmel García Morfi	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Yasser Morera Gómez	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos (CEAC)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Grabiel David Fuentes León	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos (CEAC)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Liana Beatriz Carballo Rosado	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Héctor Alejandro Cartas Aguila	Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.