News - Renowned chemists Michael Walker and Professor Duncan Thorburn Burns published new research on the life of World War I chemist Gordon Wickham Monier-Williams, famous for his food testing methods
17 July 2018News - The biennial Government Chemist conference will take place on 13- 14 June at BMA House and will provide an opportunity for regulators, policy makers, enforcement agencies, manufacturers, scientists and academia to discuss and learn about challenges affecting the security of the food chain
23 March 2018News - The Government Chemist team and the Association of Public Analysts Educational Trust organise an annual RSC-approved, fully residential week long postgraduate course on the analysis and examination of food and feed
21 February 2018News - The Government Chemist Annual Review provides highlights from the referee cases, advisory work and research carried out during the year
18 September 2017News - The three day event was attended by over 30 experts representing 19 EU member states and other countries as far afield as Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil
13 July 2017News - The Association of Public Analysts (APA) Educational Trust and the Government Chemist Programme in LGC organise an annual RSC-approved, fully residential week long postgraduate course on the analysis and examination of food and feed
16 February 2017News - The research found that over-the-counter supplements are labelled as fully herbal but often include potentially dangerous pharmaceutical ingredients, which are not listed on the label
06 February 2017News - Michael Walker, of the Government Chemist Programme in LGC, delivered a keynote talk ‘Food detectives: what it takes to trace food fraud’
06 February 2017News - The article covers our leading government research in developing and validating methods and approaches for food authenticity, adulteration, quality and safety testing
22 December 2016News - Scientists in the Government Chemist team within LGC have published the outcome of a technical appeal against the exclusion of a consignment of Brazilian corned beef from the UK food chain
16 November 2016