tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications 2023-12-20T16:03:15+00:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/gc-team-work-on-isotope-ratio-analysis-of-coffee-beans 2023-12-20T16:03:15+00:00

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

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-government-responds-to-expert-advice-on-cbd 2023-11-03T20:20:30+00:00

UK Government responds to expert committee recommendations on consumer CBD products.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-wine-reforms-to-boost-investment-and-ease-burdens-on-industry 2023-10-16T12:52:08+01:00

Following a public consultation, the government has set out reforms for the wine sector which will begin in 2024.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/update-assessment-and-evaluation-of-jelly-mini-cups 2023-08-16T13:22:01+01:00

An update on the work of the Government Chemist assessing the conformity of jelly mini-cup confectionary products.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/e-seminar-analysis-for-substances-causing-food-hypersensitivity 2023-07-10T12:04:47+01:00

Introduction to food hypersensitivity, food allergens (touching on allergens outside of the UK/EU) and gluten and food intolerance compounds

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/testing-for-cbd-in-novel-foods 2023-07-10T11:59:44+01:00

Overview of the analysis of novel foods for the presence of cannabidiol

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/e-seminar-poc-devices-for-food-safety-authenticity-and-quality-testing 2023-07-10T11:46:25+01:00

E-seminar providing an overview of Point Of Contact testing, the range of adopted analytical techniques and examples of current and emerging devices

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/fsa-and-ukhsa-warn-of-listeria-risk-with-baronet-soft-cheeses 2023-03-24T21:56:29+00:00

The public is warned not to eat recalled Baronet semi-soft cheeses because they are contaminated with listeria, in some cheeses at exceptionally high levels.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-chemist-contributes-to-review-of-the-national-food-crime-unit 2022-12-15T17:29:42+00:00

Selvarani Elahi MBE, deputy Government Chemist, formed part of the team tasked with the review of the activity of the National Food Crime Unit in 2022

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/webinar-analysis-for-substances-causing-food-hypersensitivity 2022-10-21T11:16:57+01:00

Fourth webinar in the Webinar Series of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis on 28 September 2022

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/folic-acid-added-to-flour-to-prevent-brain-and-spinal-conditions-in-foetuses 2022-09-01T11:13:00+01:00

Folic acid to be added to non-wholemeal flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening brain and spinal conditions in foetuses.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-chemist-contributes-to-food-allergen-guidance 2022-03-21T13:00:48+00:00

The GC team collaborated with experts to develop quantitative risk assessment guidance for food allergens

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/e-seminar-ngs-part-2-instruments-methods-and-implementation 2022-02-17T17:15:00+00:00

This e-seminar provides an introduction to NGS instrumentation and applications employed with food safety, authenticity, and quality analysis.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/food-allergens-risk-assessment-part-2 2021-12-09T14:27:53+00:00

This e-seminar was compiled by Benjamin C Remington, PhD, and follows on from the e-seminar, “An Introduction to Food Allergen Risk Assessment"

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/fsa-launches-allergy-and-intolerance-reporting-tool 2021-11-04T16:46:27+00:00

A new reporting tool is available for reporting cases of food allergy, intolerance or coeliac disease

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-chemist-contributes-to-ifst-food-allergens-resource 2021-10-01T14:58:26+01:00

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

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/folic-acid-added-to-flour-to-prevent-spinal-conditions-in-babies 2021-09-20T12:24:00+01:00

Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening spinal conditions in babies.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/guidance-note-on-ngs-applications-for-food-authenticity-testing 2021-08-27T17:16:00+01:00

Government Chemist's foreword to Defra’s Authenticity Methodology Working Group’s view on the use of Next Generation Sequencing for food authenticity testing

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/gc-contributes-to-research-prioritisation-in-food-hypersensitivity 2021-08-26T15:11:37+01:00

Government Chemist contributes to Food Standards Agency food hypersensitivity research horizon scanning exercise

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/allergen-risk-assessment-webinar-with-expert-qa-panel 2021-07-23T15:00:06+01:00

Second webinar in the Quarterly Webinar Series of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis on 16 June