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Kent Public Analyst featured on Radio 1's Newsbeat
28 August 2014
Public Analyst Jon Griffin of Kent Scientific Services recently participated in a Radio 1 Newsbeat story about Rushkinoff Vodka which some consumers blame for causing sore throats and coughs.
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Row as horsemeat file shelved
17 August 2014
In Saturday's Guardian, Felicity Lawerence notes that the final report of the Elliott Review into the integrity and assurance of food supply networks will not now be published before the autumn. The report, originally due in the spring, had been expected to appear before the parliamentary summer recess.
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APA Conference in Cambridge 11th and 12th September
13 August 2014
Conference is only four weeks away so if you have not already done so get your booking in now.
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Death of APA ex-President Philip Hall
05 August 2014
Philip Hall, APA President between 1979 and 1981, has died at the age of 94. His funeral took place on 7th August 2014, at St Mary and St Michael, Stoke Charity, Hants, SO21 3PG.
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Food Unwrapped film crew visit Kent Scientific Services laboratory
18 July 2014
A film crew from the Channel Four "Food Unwrapped" program recently did some filming with Kent Trading Standards and Kent Scientific Services.
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Edinburgh Scientific Services Involved In Legionella Outbreak Investigation and Expansion of Microbiology Related Real Time–PCR
02 July 2014
Some Public Analyst laboratories, especially those in Scotland, carry out extensive microbiological testing which mirrors the activities of the Food Water and Environment laboratories of Public Health England. This can lead to some interesting case work such as investigating an outbreak of Legionnaires disease caused by Legionella longbeachae.
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