Government Chemist Annual Review 2017 available to download

News - The Government Chemist Annual Review provides highlights from the referee cases, advisory work and research carried out during the year.

11 September 2018
NML awarded ISO17025 accreditation for digital PCR-based quantification of DNA

News - We are delighted to announce that the UK National Measurement Laboratory at LGC has been awarded ISO17025 accreditation for the quantification of DNA using digital PCR by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

03 July 2018
Julian Braybrook appointed UK Government Chemist

News - LGC announced today that Dr Julian Braybrook has been appointed the UK Government Chemist. He replaces Dr Derek Craston, who completed two terms of five years each in this Office.

01 June 2018
BRCGS acquires Allergen Control Group, Inc.

News - BRCGS has today announced the acquisition of Allergen Control Group, Inc. (ACG), owner and operator of the Gluten-Free Certification Program (GFCP), the food industry’s only ISO 17021-accredited management system certification scheme for gluten-free food manufacturing facilities.

03 April 2018
Government Chemist publishes methods for the authentication of arthritis supplement

News - LGC publishes review on definitive approaches for the authentication of supplement with a risk of serious adulteration

13 February 2018
LGC scientist presents in webinar on heavy metals analysis in food

News - The webinar is designed for anyone with an interest in food analysis

18 July 2018
LGC's Government Chemist team responds to the FSA review of food standards delivery

News - LGC's Government Chemist team recently responded to the Food Standards Agency review on how food standards work is delivered across England, Wales and Northern Ireland

31 December 2018
LGC and Queen’s University Belfast researchers chart life of WWI chemist

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 2018
Government Chemist Conference to take place in June

News - 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 2018
Government Chemist offers APA validated postgraduate residential course

News - 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 2018