Finbarr O’Regan

Finbarr O’Regan is technical manager at the Pesticide Control Laboratory at the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine in Ireland. The laboratory is the national reference laboratory for pesticide residues in food of plant origin, cereals and feeding stuffs, food of animal origin, and also for single residue methods. Finbarr assesses methods to ensure they are fit for purpose, deals with technical issues, and works with the quality manager to ensure continued accreditation of the lab and that the scope is expanded where necessary. In 2014, Finbarr was the chair of the European Pesticide Residue Workshop (EPRW), leading the scientific organizing committee.