Why Meet LECO at RAFA?
RAFA brings together scientists and industry professionals working across food safety, food quality, and food authenticity.
Visit the LECO booth to discuss challenging food matrices and how GCxGC-TOFMS can deliver enhanced separation and richer compound information. Our team can support conversations around MOSH/MOAH, contamination, authenticity, and workflows for both routine and research laboratories.
Visit LECO at Booth #12m2
Meet our sales and applications specialists at Booth #12m2 to discuss your analytical challenges.
Whether you are investigating contaminants, characterizing unknowns, or developing authenticity methods, discover how comprehensive chromatography can provide greater insight into complex samples.
LECO Vendor Seminar
Thursday | 13:30-14:15
Revealing More from Olive Oil
Join LECO for a focused 45-minute seminar exploring how advanced GCxGC-TOFMS workflows can reveal a more complete picture of olive oil composition, from MOSH/MOAH and contaminants to quality and authenticity markers.
13:30–13:45
Latest LECO Innovations for Complex Food Analysis
Tomáš Kovalczuk, Ph.D., SepSci Support Manager – East Europe, LECO, Czech Republic
An introduction to the Pegasus BTX and Pegasus HRT with MMS2, demonstrating how sensitive full-spectrum acquisition, high-resolution data, and complementary ionisation can provide deeper insight into complex food samples.
13:45–14:00
MOSH/MOAH in Olive Oil: Regulatory Perspectives and Advanced Characterisation by GCxGC-TOFMS
Dr Wenceslao Moreda, Research Scientist, Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC), Spain
A review of the current regulatory landscape, EFSA recommendations, and future prospects, including the limitations of LC-GC-FID screening and the role of GCxGC-TOFMS in detailed characterisation.
14:00–14:15
Exploiting the Potential of GC×GC-TOFMS for Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Analysis
Micaela Galletta, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, University of Messina, Italy
A dilute-and-inject workflow for analysing volatiles, sterols, wax esters, and contaminants in a single run, supporting authenticity, quality assessment, and volatile fingerprinting.
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