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LABORATORY : Laboratoire de l'Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique / Direction des Laboratoires (Togo)

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Present capacity for POPs analysis	Currently the lab is not yet suitably equipped for POPs analysis. But its business plan does include this kind of analyses and efforts are under way to secure funding in line with the monitoring action plan in the NIP of the Stockholm Convention on POPs. Indeed our lab has been selected by the national stakeholders of the POPs Convention to become the national reference lab for the sampling of POPs and analyses of pesticides and if possible semi-quantitative analysis of PCBs. 8321u03pfd\|1010D1E6ADDITIONALS\|COMMENT 8321u03pfdidval\|186 8321u03pf8\|0010D1E61973\|UNEP_Labs\|ADDITIONALS\|COMMENT\|AA910406-36B7-4420-A6C5-18DFFB8BC891
Equipment and main activities	The laboratory is equipped with AAS for analysis of minerals and heavy metals; HPLC with UV/VIS and fluorescence detectors for analysis of mycotoxins, histamine, and colorants in foodstuffs. It is equipped with auxiliary instrumentation for sample preparation and clean-up. The Laboratory takes part in international intercomparison studies for heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb). 8321u03pfd\|1010D1E6ADDITIONALS\|COMMENT 8321u03pfdidval\|187 8321u03pf8\|0010D1E61973\|UNEP_Labs\|ADDITIONALS\|COMMENT\|DA5BF986-7283-4C96-9449-B449A10FA498
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