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An e-seminar produced as part of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis
Food and feed law: legislation update March 2024
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This is the quarterly report of updates to UK legislation in food and feed and related scientific and regulatory issues from January to March 2024
A Toolkit to Support Weight of Evidence Approaches for Food Authenticity Investigations published by Defra.
Food and feed law: legislation update December 2023
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This is the quarterly report of updates to UK legislation in food and feed and related scientific and regulatory issues from October to December 2023
Government Chemist scientists publish research work on the analysis of isotopic composition of coffee beans as a marker of regional origin to combat food fraud
The UK Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) requests user feedback to support the production of the 2024 UK Food Security Report.
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