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The Institute of Food Science Technology has launched a new Food Allergens Knowledge Hub to help consumers, food businesses and educators source best practice advice
Government Chemist's foreword to Defra’s Authenticity Methodology Working Group’s view on the use of Next Generation Sequencing for food authenticity testing
Government Chemist contributes to Food Standards Agency food hypersensitivity research horizon scanning exercise
Defra has issued notices for traders on importing Goods from the EU, an updated Border Operating Model and the Northern Ireland Protocol
Second webinar in the Quarterly Webinar Series of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis on 16 June
The Government Chemist conference took place on 23 - 24 June 2021 as a virtual event
Summary report on the Government Chemist 2021 Conference “Safe food for tomorrow’s world” which took place online on 23 and 24 June
The presentations from the 2021 Government Chemist Conference, Safe food for tomorrow's world, are available below.
GC team collaborated with IFST to develop a suite of Information Statements on laboratory analysis to help food industry managers select appropriate analytical services
The Government Chemist team have published a report summarising the findings of a ring trial to assess laboratories’ performance in measuring CBD and controlled cannabinoids
Correspondence between the Government Chemist, the Chair of the ACMD and the Minister of State for Crime and Policing
This tutorial paper offers a review of the common names, abbreviations, regulation, psychoactivity and analytical methodology for the principle cannabinoids
Defra has issued a reminder about the new EU Animal Health Regulation (AHR) and composite rules applying from 21 April 2021 and a compilation of supporting documents and guidance
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This webinar on fish speciation will introduce the prevalent methods used in testing laboratories in the UK and EU, and will provide a summary of their scope and limitations
Introduction to the subject of GMO detection in food and feed samples, and advice and guidance on the application of DNA-based analytical methods
Members of the Government Chemist team collaborated in the publication of an article on the impact of Covid-19 in the numbers of food fraud incidents
This e-seminar will familiarise the viewer with the concepts of food allergen risk assessment and specifically with the risks from unintended allergen presence
Round up of latest news from Defra related to agri-food and environmental topics
Defra are working to compile a list of businesses that can take advantage of the authorised GB-NI trader 3 month grace period
In this webinar, Professor Tom Welton looked at how sustainable chemistry is essential to achieve global sustainable development goals
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