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UK Government responds to expert committee recommendations on consumer CBD products.
The home of Government Chemist on GOV.UK. We resolve scientific disputes mainly in the food and feed sectors, give advice to regulators and industry, and carry out research.
This is the quarterly report of updates to UK legislation in food and feed and related scientific and regulatory issues from April to June 2023
Government has announced plans to introduce a new allergen labelling law to help further protect the UK’s two million people living with food allergy
Methylisothiazolinone can no longer be considered safe at current levels according to a European Commission consumer safety committee.
This e-seminar describes the principles behind the digital PCR technique, and gives some good practice guidelines for its use
Government Chemist leads work on Protocol for the Collection of Honey Reference Samples for the Construction of Honey Authenticity Databases
Government Chemist has drafted an opinion in answer to a query raised by a public analyst on a disagreement about correct tolerances on declared alcohol content
A new reporting tool is available for reporting cases of food allergy, intolerance or coeliac disease
The Government Chemist team have published a report summarising the findings of a ring trial to assess laboratories’ performance in measuring CBD and controlled cannabinoids
This is a summary of updates to UK legislation in food and feed, and related scientific and regulatory issues as well as other technical updates for 2021
This tutorial paper offers a review of the common names, abbreviations, regulation, psychoactivity and analytical methodology for the principle cannabinoids
Analysis of UK court cases involving fatalities, personal injury or criminal non-compliance with food law following food allergy incidents.
Fifth webinar in the Webinar Series of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis on 29 March 2023
Guidance for local authorities, port health authorities and food traders on how to submit a sample for referee analysis.
List of committees and working groups which have representation from the Government Chemist
An update on the work of the Government Chemist assessing the conformity of jelly mini-cup confectionary products.
E-seminar providing an overview of Point Of Contact testing, the range of adopted analytical techniques and examples of current and emerging devices
This series brings together all documents relating to Government Chemist reviews of changes in food and feed legislation affecting the UK.
This is the quarterly report of updates to UK legislation in food and feed and related scientific and regulatory issues from October to December 2023
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