CORESTA reporting

The CORESTA (Co-operation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco) Secretariat has given details of the documents that it has published and the projects that it has launched since May.
The following documents have been published and can be downloaded from the Documents section of the CORESTA website at www.coresta.org.

• Method No. 64 “Routine Analytical Cigar-Smoking Machine – Specifications, Definitions and Standard Conditions” updated

(2018-05-15) (CSM-121-1-CRM-64)

• Report “2017 Collaborative Study on Carbonyl Containing Compounds in Electronic Cigarette Liquids”

(2018-05-17) (EVAP-127-1-CTR)

• Method No. 46 “Atmosphere for Conditioning and Testing Cigars of all Sizes and Shapes” updated

(2018-06-11) (CSM-121-3-CRM-46)

• Report “5th Round Robin Test for Multi-Capillary Ventilation Calibration Standards (2016/2017)”

(2018-06-19) (PTM-124-CTR)

• Guide No. 1 “Agrochemical Guidance Residue Levels (GRLs)” updated

(2018-06-28) (ACAC-195-CTG-01)

• Report “Sub-Group Collaborative Study on Blue Mould – Final Report”

(2018-07-03) (BM-025-CTR)

• Report “Joint Experiment Technical Study (JETS) Report 17/1 Maleic Hydrazide in Tobacco”

(2018-07-27) (AA-130-CTR)

• Report “Tobacco Virus Collaborative Study (1996-2011)”

(2018-08-07) (VIR-030-CTR)

• Report “2018 Moisture (Oven Volatiles), Water by Karl Fischer and Gas Chromatography Interlaboratory Study”

(2018-08-20) (TTPA-171-1-CTR)

• Report “2018 Proficiency Study for Water Activity of Tobacco and Tobacco Products”

(2018-08-20) (TTPA-172-1-CTR)

• Method No. 57 “Determination of Water in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Gas Chromatographic Analysis” updated

(2018-08-21) (TTPA-188-2-CRM-57)

• Method No. 56 “Determination of Water in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Karl Fischer Method” updated

(2018-08-30) (TTPA-188-1-CRM-56)
Meanwhile, a list of active projects is available on the CORESTA website under the
Study Groups/Active Projects section:

• Project 186: BMK SG – Meta-analysis of Cigarette Smoke Exposure Biomarkers
• Project 187: RAC SG – CM8 & CM9 Collaborative Studies – 2018
• Project 188: TTPA SG – Systematic Review of CRMs 56 and 57 (completed)
• Project 189: AA SG – 14th FAPAS CPA Analysis Proficiency Test – 2018
• Project 190: Consumer Reported Outcome Measures (CROM) Consortium (approval pending)
• Project 191: PTM SG – 7th Round Robin Test on Filter Ventilation Calibration Standards
• Project 192: PTM SG – Systematic Review of CORESTA Guide No. 4
• Project 193: TTPA SG – Collaborative Study for the Determination of Nicotine in Tobacco and Tobacco Products
• Project 194: SMA SG – Systematic Review of CRM 78
• Project 195: ACAC SG – CORESTA Guide No. 1: Addition of CPA Fluopyram to GRL list (completed)