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Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) FW&E laboratories protect the public from significant health threats associated with food, water and environmental hazards.
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
The diagnosis, management and epidemiology of Bacillus spp.
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.
The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) is an independent scientific committee that provides expert advice to government on microbiological issues and food. ACMSF is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Food Standards Agency .
The laboratory provides diagnostic microbiological testing services for the examination of food, water and environmental samples.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provides proficiency testing (PT) schemes, also known as external quality assessment (EQA) schemes.
Advice for consumers in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the UK.
The Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) provides independent advice to the government on the monitoring of pesticide residues in food.
The European food microbiology legislation scheme is designed for laboratories that examine foods for compliance with Regulation (EC) 2073/2005 and subsequent amendments.
Public Health England provides PT schemes for food and water microbiology.
A note of the meetings held by the Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is designed for laboratories that examine foods for compliance with Regulation (EC) 2073/2005 and subsequent amendments.
E-seminar providing an overview of Point Of Contact testing, the range of adopted analytical techniques and examples of current and emerging devices
E-seminar covering the application of isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) for use with food authenticity, and quality testing
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