State General Laboratory Annual Report 2018

24 State General laboratory Annual Report 2018 C. Expansion of the official controls to cover new parameters or categories such as: Foodstuffs area:  Determination of glutamates (flavour enhancer) in soups.  Determination of the Total Phenolic Content and the Total Antioxidant Capacity of Stevia rebaudiana leaves.  Determination of the nutritional composition of organic seeds such as Quinoa, Buckwheat, Cannabis, Millet and Chia for the possible use of specific nutritional claims, according to the EU Regulation 2006/1924/EC.  Application of chemometric techniques to all parameters for the verification of Cypriot honey authenticity.  Dyes (Crystal Violet, Leuco Crystal Violet and Briliant Green) in fish.  Microbiological control of frozen cooked seafood, trahanas (traditional Cypriot product), flour, dough, Christmas- and Easter-themed chocolates from supermarkets, smoothies from cafes and perishable organic foodstuffs.  Determination of specific migration of metals released from metallic materials and articles such as water cans intended for children, aluminum foil suitable for contact with food, cast aluminum cookware.  Study of the spectroscopic profile from different varieties of European wines by the FT-IR/NIR and chemometrics. Environment and Water area:  Gross alpha/ beta activity airborne particulates in the atmosphere. Consumer Products area:  Testing of soother holders according to CYS EN 12586: 2007 + A1: 2011.  Determination of released metals from slimes.  Rubber safety floors for 18 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons-PAHs. Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology:  Oral fluid analysis for the detection of drugs of abuse for the implementation of Narcotest.  Detection of two new psychoactive substances seized for the first time in Cyprus.  Method development for the detection of rodenticides and anticoagulants in biological samples.  Development of multi-parametric methods in biological samples using LC/MS/MS.