News and communications

Government Chemist scientists publish research work on the analysis of isotopic composition of coffee beans as a marker of regional origin to combat food fraud

• Updated: 20 December 2023

UK Government responds to expert committee recommendations on consumer CBD products.

• Updated: 3 November 2023

Following a public consultation, the government has set out reforms for the wine sector which will begin in 2024.

• Updated: 16 October 2023

An update on the work of the Government Chemist assessing the conformity of jelly mini-cup confectionary products.

• Updated: 16 August 2023

Introduction to food hypersensitivity, food allergens (touching on allergens outside of the UK/EU) and gluten and food intolerance compounds

• Updated: 10 July 2023

Overview of the analysis of novel foods for the presence of cannabidiol

• Updated: 10 July 2023

E-seminar providing an overview of Point Of Contact testing, the range of adopted analytical techniques and examples of current and emerging devices

• Updated: 10 July 2023

The public is warned not to eat recalled Baronet semi-soft cheeses because they are contaminated with listeria, in some cheeses at exceptionally high levels.

• Updated: 24 March 2023

Selvarani Elahi MBE, deputy Government Chemist, formed part of the team tasked with the review of the activity of the National Food Crime Unit in 2022

• Updated: 15 December 2022

Fourth webinar in the Webinar Series of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis on 28 September 2022

• Updated: 21 October 2022

Folic acid to be added to non-wholemeal flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening brain and spinal conditions in foetuses.

• Updated: 1 September 2022

The GC team collaborated with experts to develop quantitative risk assessment guidance for food allergens

• Updated: 21 March 2022

This e-seminar provides an introduction to NGS instrumentation and applications employed with food safety, authenticity, and quality analysis.

• Updated: 17 February 2022

This e-seminar was compiled by Benjamin C Remington, PhD, and follows on from the e-seminar, “An Introduction to Food Allergen Risk Assessment"

• Updated: 9 December 2021

A new reporting tool is available for reporting cases of food allergy, intolerance or coeliac disease

• Updated: 4 November 2021

The Institute of Food Science Technology has launched a new Food Allergens Knowledge Hub to help consumers, food businesses and educators source best practice advice

• Updated: 1 October 2021

Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening spinal conditions in babies.

• Updated: 20 September 2021

Government Chemist's foreword to Defra’s Authenticity Methodology Working Group’s view on the use of Next Generation Sequencing for food authenticity testing

• Updated: 27 August 2021

Government Chemist contributes to Food Standards Agency food hypersensitivity research horizon scanning exercise

• Updated: 26 August 2021

Second webinar in the Quarterly Webinar Series of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis on 16 June

• Updated: 23 July 2021