Michael Walker visits Hong Kong Accreditation Service

News - Michael Walker, Consultant to the Government Chemist at LGC, recently visited Hong Kong to work for a week with the Hong Kong Accreditation Service, HKAS, and the Hong Kong Government Laboratory, and participated in several technical events

26 January 2015
Forensic analysis must be used to combat allergen fatalities

News - Investigations require early realisation that samples of the food and/or stomach contents from a post mortem examination should be retained and analysed and the supply chain must be rigorously examined

18 December 2014
Government Chemist team celebrates first female president of the Association of Public Analysts

News - The career and legacy of Joan Davena Peden (1920-1997) have been charted in a paper in the Journal of the Association of Public Analysts.

12 February 2019
LGC analyst Michael Walker contributes to Food Unwrapped

News - Host Matt Tebbutt tackled the subject of meat authenticity in takeaway meals and sought to have samples from 15 dishes tested for species confirmation

05 February 2019
Government Chemist Annual Review for 2018 published

News - The Government Chemist team, hosted at LGC, is delighted to publish its 2018 Annual Review, which provides highlights from the referee cases, advisory work and research carried out during the year

29 July 2019
National Measurement Laboratory at LGC collaborates with Royal Society of Chemistry on insightful look at DNA techniques in food testing

News - The book, commissioned following UK horsemeat incident in 2013, provides fundamental understanding of modern DNA techniques applied to food authenticity and adulteration testing

16 October 2019
Government Chemist team attends Northern Ireland food allergy event

News - Event focused on analysis of food allergens, their management in the supply chain and regulation and enforcement of food law on allergens.

25 October 2019
Government Chemist and Institute of Global Food Security (QUB) collaborate on coconut water authenticity

News - The findings are open access and discuss factors on the stability of coconut water, advice to food analysts, and other insights

30 March 2020
Selvarani Elahi awarded MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020

News - Deputy Government Chemist and Business Manager, Food Research, LGC, awarded MBE for services to Food Measurement Science

12 October 2020
LGC leads first international ring trial that demonstrates capability of laboratories to measure Cannabidiol and Controlled Cannabinoids in consumer products

News - Jointly funded initiative by OPSS within BEIS, the FSA and the Home Office, and carried out in collaboration with FSS and the DSTL, and 35 laboratories

24 June 2021