State General Laboratory Annual Report 2018

17 State General Laboratory Annual Report 2018 b) EU Research programmes funded by the Research Promotion Foundation, FP7, Horizon2020, Interreg (6) 1. " EuroMix: Horizon 2020 EU project : Assessing the health risks of combined human exposure to multiple food-related toxic substances" (2015 - 2019). 2. " European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) ". The aim of the project is to provide scientific support for the safe management of chemical substances and the protection of human health by using biomonitoring studies to understand the exposure of humans to chemicals and the resulting health effects. The results are used in policy-making, in the assessment of existing measures and in the design of new policies (2017-2021). 3. " Implementation Plan ", Horizon - Customs 2020. The objective of the EU Customs Laboratories experts (CLET) is to collect and exchange specific analytical experiences of EU Customs Laboratories (CLEN) at EU level (2017-2019). 4. " Customs 2020 programme ". The aim of the programme is to exchange information and expertise between the national Customs authorities of the EU Member States and to co-develop and operate large trans-European information systems as well as cooperation networks of national officials across Europe (2014-2020). 5. " EuroBiotox " - European programme to establish validated procedures for the detection and identification of biological toxins (2017 - 2022). 6. " AGROFOOD " (Interreg). The aim of the project is to highlight traditional and local products of Cyprus and the North Aegean through identification of their authenticity, and enhance their competitiveness (2017-2019). c) National Research Programmes i. Pilot research programmes funded by the Ministry of Health (3): 1. Monitoring and surveillance of the levels of Alternaria toxins in food by LC-MS/MS technique. 2. Monitoring and surveillance of the levels of 3- και 2- MCPD and Glycidyl fatty acid esters in food by GC-MS technique. 3. Method development for drug detection in seized materials and application in real samples. ii. " Monitoring of the enrichment of Ezousa ground water ". The SGL continued its participation in this ongoing project. iii. " Prospects for the cultivation of stevia in Cyprus ": A new three-year research programme which has been launched in collaboration with the Agricultural Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, for the determination of glycosides and the development of a methodology for the antioxidant properties of stevia leaves (2017-2019).