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UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published the UK Food Security Report 2024
We resolve scientific disputes mainly in the food and feed sectors, give advice to regulators and industry, and carry out research. Government Chemist is part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology .
This is the quarterly report of updates to UK legislation in food and feed and related scientific and regulatory issues from June to September 2025.
This series brings together all documents relating to Government Chemist reviews of changes in food and feed legislation affecting the UK.
A project, commissioned under Defra’s Food Authenticity Programme, to develop a practical framework for the interrogation of honey authenticity databases.
UK Government responds to expert committee recommendations on consumer CBD products.
A study investigating awareness of coeliac disease and the gluten status of ‘gluten-free’ food from catering outlets in Ireland.
This is the quarterly report of updates to UK legislation in food and feed and related scientific and regulatory issues from April to June 2025.
Strategy document supporting the Government Chemist programme for the period 2017–2020 and the basis for longer term development
An updated record of the legislation under which the Government Chemist operates.
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