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Dr Paresh G Shah

Dr Paresh G Shah, PhD in the field of Agricultural Chemicals, IARI, New Delhi, has spent 36 years in the field of pesticide residue analysis (from the year 1985 to 2021) with post graduate teaching and guiding M.Sc and PhD students. During the tenure more than 80 research articles and a patent were published. At Anand Agricultural University, state-of-the-art laboratory for the analysis of pesticide residues and heavy metals from various agricultural commodities (e.g., fruits & vegetables, oils, pulses, cereals, spices, tea, milk, water, soil and animal feeds) was developed with about Rs 20 crores investment. The laboratory was equipped with GC-Q-TOF, GC-MS/MS, LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, HPLC, GC and other allied equipment. After serving for more than 36 years at Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat (India), retired in the year March 2020. After the retirement, served FSSAI as member of the scientific panel for fixation of MRLs and then joined as Chairman, for the same panel at FSSAI during the year 2023 to 2026.

Area of interest and work experience:

• Setting up of a state-of–the–art laboratory for the estimation of pesticide residues from fruits, vegetables, cereals, pulses, milk, edible oils, spices, tea, honey, animal feeds and drinking water.
• Dietary Risk assessment of pesticides
• Fixation of MRLs of pesticides based on the data obtained from the supervised field trials using OECD calculator.
• Setting up of supervised field trials for new pesticides and/or new formulations.
• Laboratory validation of multiresidue methods for pesticides as per the SANTE guideline.