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The sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector will be banned by 2024 to protect peatlands and the natural environment.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
£16.5 million more funding for research and development in farming
This e-seminar describes best practice in screening for GMOs in consignments of rice and rice products originating from China
Review into automation in horticulture published
E-seminar covering issues surrounding the use of CBD in food supplements and difficulties likely to be encountered in their analytical testing
New legislation will make the UK the best place in the world to invest in agri-food research and innovation.
Minister Churchill spoke about the potential for technology across the agri-food sector at the conference.
Third webinar in the Quarterly Webinar Series of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis on 19 January 2022
The GC team collaborated with experts to develop quantitative risk assessment guidance for food allergens
This e-seminar provides an introduction to NGS instrumentation and applications employed with food safety, authenticity, and quality analysis.
The Government Chemist and his team contributed to a POSTnote on genome edited food crops
UK to stop EU rules requiring VI-1 certificates for importing wine from many non-European countries.
This e-seminar was compiled by Benjamin C Remington, PhD, and follows on from the e-seminar, “An Introduction to Food Allergen Risk Assessment"
A new reporting tool is available for reporting cases of food allergy, intolerance or coeliac disease
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
Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening spinal conditions in babies.
Mexican market is now open for British pork for the first time, which means a potential boost of £50m over the first five years of trade.
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
Gower Salt Marsh Lamb has today officially joined the club of UK’s most iconic products.
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