In 2001, along with 5 European laboratories, the
LABERCA implemented a training course (SARAF -
School for Advanced REsidue Analysis in Food), provided in English. This course is destined to
international scientists willing to gain a high level of expertise in the field of residues and contaminants analysis in food. It accommodates two sessions every year of about twenty professionals each, originating mainly from third countries, for
theoretical (2 weeks at the ENVN)
and practical (2 to 3 weeks within the LABERCA or partner laboratories)
sessions. The
LABERCA can thus ensure officially (practical support to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG SANCO, DG TRADE) and efficiently the transfer of the French know-how regarding the control of residues and contaminants in food.
Since 2004, the
European Commission (DG TRADE) has annually selected the LABERCA, through a call for tenders, to organise a training on the physico-chemistry safety of food.