Government Chemist represented at Food Law in Practice Conference

News (ZH) - Michael Walker, of the Government Chemist programme, spoke at The Institute of Food Safety, Integrity & Protection (TiFSiP) ‘Food Law in Practice Conference’ in London on 16 March 2016

Science supporting trust in food

News (ZH) - Scientists, regulators, enforcement agencies, industry and policy makers are invited to join the Government Chemist for the 2016 conference to discuss topics relating to food fraud, food authenticity and food safety

LGC experts talk to BBC World Service about fighting food crime

News (ZH) - Michael Walker (Consultant Referee Analyst to the Government Chemist) is the first of a series of specialists who are interviewed about food fraud and the need for traceability in the food chain

Michael Walker visits Hong Kong Accreditation Service

News (ZH) - 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

Forensic analysis must be used to combat allergen fatalities

News (ZH) - 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

Our hungry planet: new tools in agrigenomics are key to food security

博客 - Genomic selection has been instrumental in dairy cattle breeding where it has essentially replaced progeny testing, enabling greater and faster improvements in terms of genetic gain

The new Gluten-Free Certification Program Global Standard published

News (ZH) - GFCP is a set of voluntary certification Global Standards based on a preventative, science-based approach for managing the safe manufacturing and production of gluten-free products

LGC analyst Michael Walker contributes to Food Unwrapped

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

Significant scientific papers highlight increasing complexity of honey authentication

News (ZH) - Government Chemist team has papers published highlighting increasing complexity of honey authentication