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Contact person in the laboratory |
Maria de Fátima Martins Pinhel |
Email of contact person |
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Mandate of the Laboratory: |
LANAGRO-SP is an Official Laboratory of MAPA - Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. It is to support, through laboratory analysis, the inspection actions and monitoring programs of the SDA - Agriculture and Livestock Defense Secretariat. |
Role in the farm-to-fork chain: |
The main role is to support MAPA’s policies such as to coordinate and monitor technical studies, science and technology, analytical tests and actions by trace, control, monitoring and evaluation processes relating to the safety and quality of animal and vegetal origin products, and animal health. |
National Reference Laboratory: |
Yes. LANAGRO-SP is an OIE reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease diagnosis. As a national l laboratory, LANAGRO-SP also acts according to the MAPA’s policies in official inspection programs, analysing products of animal origin, animal feed, beverages, fertilizers, avian vaccines, anti- rabies vaccines, veterinary drugs, pesticides and samples for avian diagnosis, in order to ensure the safety and quality of the product for domestic market, exporting and importing operations. Besides that, LANAGRO- SP is reference laboratory to the PNCRC – National Program for Residues and Contaminants Control, processing samples of meat (poultry, cattle, swine, equine, and fish) and milk, for exportation, importation and national trade. Other activities includes the participation on audits in private laboratories of the MAPA’s Network laboratories and research, development and validation of laboratory methods. |
Type of contaminants analysed: |
ANIMAL AREA |
Matrices analysed: |
Matrices of animal origin: meat of bovine, equine, swine, fish and shrimp, poultry, ostrich, sheep, goat, rabbit; honey and milk. Matrices of plant area: beverages |
Combination matrices and contaminants |
See attached table – Contaminants and Matrices/Species - |
Description of validated method used: |
Inorganic Contaminants Residues Organochlorine pesticide residues Veterinary drugs residues Microbial contaminants |
Laboratory accredited according to |
Yes |
Provision of interpretation of residue |
Yes |
Laboratory certified according to GLP: |
No |