direction Vienna, Austria     email ralacaboard@red-ralaca.net

 
Laboratory of Pesticides

 Contact person in the laboratory:

 MsC. Milaidi Pérez Carballo

 Email of contact person:

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 Mandate of the Laboratory:

 

 Role in the farm-to-fork chain:

 Formulation and registration of pesticides for your production in   Cuban industry. Evaluation of raw materials

 National Reference Laboratory:

 Yes, in the area of pesticide formulation. The formulations demanded   by the Ministry of Agriculture for its introduction into the industry are   developed.

 Is laboratory available for research and
 development (R@D) within RALACA when   funding becomes available?

 Yes

 Is the laboratory available for organization   and distribution of ad hoc proficiency   testing/collaborative trials when   projects/funding becomes available?

 Yes 

 
Laboratorio de Ensayos Ambientales (LEA) - Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos

 Contact person in the laboratory:

 Mr. Aniel Guillén Arruebarrena

 Email of contact person:

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 Mandate of the Laboratory:

 The mission of the Laboratory is to maintain the leadership in the   credibility and confidence in the activities carried out, in order to   satisfy the needs and demands that our clients expect.

 Role in the farm-to-fork chain:

 To measure environmental variables and pollutants in the services and   projects execution.

 National Reference Laboratory:

 Yes. Environmental samples analysis, our laboratory has a Quality   Management System accredited by Norm ISO/IEC 17025:2006.

 Type of contaminants analysed:

 Chemical-physical parameters Organic contaminants
 Heavy metals Gamma and Alpha emitter Microbiological Analysis   Stable Isotopic Analysis.

 Matrices analysed:

 Water, air, soil, sediment and biological material.

 Combination matrices and contaminants
 analysed:

 Natural and Sea Water (Chemical-physical parameters, Organic   contaminants, Heavy metals, Gamma and Alpha emitter,   Microbiological Analysis and Stable Isotopic Analysis)
 Waste Water (Chemical-physical parameters, Organic contaminants,   Heavy metals, Gamma and Alpha emitter, Microbiological Analysis)
 Air (TPD and PM10)
 Soil and sediment (Chemical-physical parameters, Polynuclear   Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Organochlorine Pesticides, Heavy metals,   Gamma and Alpha emitter)
 Biological material (Organochlorine Pesticides, Heavy metals, Gamma   and Alpha emitter)

 Description of validated method used:

 Phenolic Compounds in natural and waste waters
 Settleable solids, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia nitrogen, Phosphorus   compounds, Biochemical oxygen demand, Chloride, pH, Conductivity,   Salinity, Ca, Mg in waters
 Silica in natural and sea waters
 Sulphate in drinkable, superficial and ground waters
 Chemical oxygen demand in drinkable and waste waters
 Fe in natural and treated waters
 Cu, Zn, Ni, Co, Pb, As and Hg in sediment, biological material and   natural waters
 Cd in biological material
 Cr and V in sediments
 Gamma emitters in sediment, soil, aerosol, biological material and   natural waters.

 Laboratory accredited according to
 ISO17025:

 Yes

 Provision of interpretation of residue
 data to customers:

 The Laboratory doesn’t provide interpretation of residue data to   customers but our Institution does.

 Laboratory certified according to GLP:

 No

 Is laboratory available for research and
 development (R@D) within RALACA when   funding becomes available?

 Yes

 Is the laboratory available for quality   auditing services within RALACA when   funding becomes available?

Yes 

 Is the laboratory available for expert   missions within RALACA when funding   becomes available?

 Yes

 Is the laboratory available for ad hoc on-site training when funding becomes available?

 Yes

 Is the laboratory available for ad hoc
 remote/distance learning training when   technology and funding becomes
 available?

 Yes

 Is the laboratory available for preparation   of ad hoc reference materials when   projects/funding becomes available?

 Yes

 Is the laboratory available for organization   and distribution of ad hoc proficiency   testing/collaborative trials when   projects/funding becomes available?

 No

 

Laboratorio de Radiobiología

 Contact person:

 Msc. Damaris Lourdes Moreno Alvarez

 E-Mail:

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 Mandate of the Laboratory:

 El departamento de Radiobiología tiene la misión de dirigir,
 coordinar y ejectuar actividades de investigación-desarrollo,
 foramción de especialistas y ofrecer servicios científicos-
 técnicos en el campo de la radiobiología, radiomutagénesis
 de plantas, toxicología genética, microbiología, química de
 as radiaciones, dosimetría de altas dosis, tecnologias de
 irradiación y detección de alimentos irradiados.

 Role in the farm-to-fork chain:

   

 National Reference Laboratory:

 El laboratorio se encarga de realizar los análisis
 microbiológico, químico y genéticos que son encomendados
 por el Ministerio de la Industria Alimentaria (MINAL) y el
 Ministerio de la Agricultura (MINAGRI).  

 Type of contaminants analysed:

 Marcador 2-alquilciclobutanona
 Actualmente se implementa el método de Cromatografía
 Gaseosa acoplada a Espectrometría de Masas (GC-MS) para
 la determinación de 2-alquilciclobutanonas.

 Matrices analysed:

 Alimentos irradiados que contienen grasas.

 Combination matrices and
 contaminants analysed:

 

 Description of validated method used:

 

 Laboratory accredited according to
 ISO17025:

 Yes

 By which accreditation body?

 Órgano Nacional de Acreditación de la República de Cuba
 (ONARC)

 Provision of interpretation of residue
 data to customers:

 No

 Laboratory certified according to GLP:

 No

 Is laboratory available for research and
 development (R@D) within RALACA
 when funding becomes available?

 Sí. Es también función del laobratorio ejecutar tareas de
 investigación y desarrollo.

 Is the laboratory available for quality
 auditing services within RALACA when
 funding becomes available?

 Sí

 Is the laboratory available for expert
 missions within RALACA when funding
 becomes available?

 Sí

 Is the laboratory available for ad hoc on-
 site training when funding becomes
 available?

 Sí

 Is the laboratory available for ad hoc 
 remote/distance learning training when
 technology and funding becomes
 available?

 Sí

 Is the laboratory available for
 preparation of ad hoc reference
 materials when projects/funding
 becomes available?

 No

 Is the laboratory available for
 organization and distribution of ad hoc
 proficiency testing/collaborative trials
 when projects/funding becomes
  available?

 



Laboratorio de Análisis Químico


 Contact person:

 Dr. Juan Reinaldo Estevez Álvarez

 E-Mail:

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 Mandate of the Laboratory:

 La misión del Laboratorio es la prestación de servicios de
 análisis químico en muestras de diferente naturaleza.
 Además ejecuta proyectos de investigación.

 Role in the farm-to-fork chain:

 El Laboratorio se encarga de realizar los análisis químicos
 que son encomendados por el Ministerio de la Industria
 Alimentaria (MINAL) y el Ministerio de la Agricultura
 (MINAGRI).  

 National Reference Laboratory:

 Por Resolución del Ministerio de la Industria Pesquera (hoy
 integrado al MINAL), dictada en el 2006, el Laboratorio de
 Análisis Químico del CEADEN es el encargado del control de
 metales pesados en productos pesqueros que se exportan.   

 Type of contaminants analysed:

 Cd, Pb y Hg.
 Actualmente se implementan métodos de Cromatografía
 Gaseosa acoplada a Espectrometría de Masas (GC-MS) para
 la determinación de Pesticidas y Bifenilos Policlorados en
 tejido (grasa) de peces y productos cárnicos. Se desarrolla 
 además un método de GC-MS para el análisis de PAHs en
 muestras de arroz.

 Matrices analysed:

 Productos pesqueros, incluyendo los de acuicultura (camarón
 y matrices relacionadas), así como productos cárnicos,
 conservas de frutas y vegetales y arroz.

 Combination matrices and contaminants

 analysed:

 

 Description of validated method used:

 El Laboratorio tiene 18 Ensayos acreditados ante el ONARC,
 todos validados. Entre ellos podemos citar, entre otros, los
 siguientes:
 - Determinación de Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Mo, Hg y
 Pb en aguas por Fluorescencia de Rayos X (FRX) previa
 concentración con APDC.
 - Determinación de Al, K, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sr y Ba en
 sedimentos por Espectrofotometría de Absorción Atómica
 (EAA).
 - Determinación de Cu, Zn, Cd y Pb en materiales biológicos
 opio Voltametría de Redisolución Anódica (VRA).

 Laboratory accredited according to
 ISO17025:

 Sí

 By which accreditation body?

 Órgano Nacional de Acreditación de la República de Cuba
 (ONARC)

 Provision of interpretation of residue
 data to customers:

 No

 Laboratory certified according to GLP:

 No

 Is laboratory available for research and
 development (R@D) within RALACA

 when funding becomes available?

 Sí. Es también función del laboratorio ejecutar tareas de
 investigación-desarrollo.

 Is the laboratory available for quality
 auditing services within RALACA
 when funding becomes available?

 Sí

 Is the laboratory available for expert
 missions within RALACA when funding
 becomes available?

 Sí

 Is the laboratory available for ad hoc
 on-site training when funding becomes
 available?

 Sí 

 Is the laboratory available for ad hoc
 remote/distance learning training when
 technology and funding becomes
 available?

 Sí

 Is the laboratory available for
 preparation of ad hoc reference
 materials when projects/funding
 becomes available?

 Sí. Recientemente culminó el Proyecto ARCAL RLA2014
 donde el Laboratorio tuvo a su cargo la preparación de una
 Muestra de Referencia de agua de niveles bajos de
 concentración de un grupo de elementos químicos.

 Is the laboratory available for
 organization and distribution of ad hoc
 proficiency testing/collaborative trials
 when projects/funding becomes
 available?

 Sí. El Laboratorio ha participado como mínimo una vez al año
 en Ensayos de Aptitud, organizados por el OIEA y otras
 organizaciones.

 

 

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
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 Armando Rafael Romeu Carballo
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 Gonzalo Dierksmeier Corcuera
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 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

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