APA News
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Another successful week long "Analysis & Examination of Food"course held at Reading
29 April 2015
Another successful week-long fully residential postgraduate course was held at the University of Reading in April 2015 and attracted 13 registered delegates. The delegates were from UK Public Analyst Laboratories, both private and public sector, and one was from the Food Standards Agency, the main sponsor of the event. The teaching consisted of a mix of lectures; laboratory practical sessions and interactive exercises.
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Retirement of Jane McLauchlin
28 April 2015
The APA marked the retirement of Jane McLauchlin with a presentation at the RSC at the end of March. Jane administered the Mastership in Chemical Analysis (MChemA) qualification for the Royal Society of Chemistry for the last thirteen years.
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The Truth About Calories
24 March 2015
Kent Scientific Services will feature in a BBC television program to be aired on Thursday 26th March on the BBC "The Truth About Calories".
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Environmental Contaminants Webinar (28th-30th April)
07 March 2015
A series of webinars is planned for 28th & 30th April, 2015 on Environmental Contaminants. This online eSeminar focuses on the analysis of environmental contaminants and takes place in four 2 hr sessions, one each on 28 & 30 April. Registration is free although a pro forma must be completed. Further details can be found in the "Training" section of this website.
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DNA Sequencing Uncovers Fish Fraud
03 March 2015
Former Royal Navy chef Michael Redhead, was jailed for six months by a crown court judge and his company Michael Redhead Associates was fined £50,000, in a £1.1m food fraud that saw almost 400,000 packs of ‘fake’ sea bass sold in 600 Iceland outlets across the country. The fraud was uncovered by Hull City Council Trading Standards who submitted samples of fish to Public Analyst Scientific Services in Hull for species testing. The fish was tested by DNA sequencing and found to be Japanese sea bass, a form of perch, and not Atlantic sea bass.
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20 February 2015
Alastair Low, Public Analyst, of Minton Treharne & Davies (MTD) has been filmed by BBC Wales for the Welsh Panorama style program ‘Week In Week Out’ following some testing MTD had undertaken for the BBC to determine the nitrogen/protein content of body building supplements. One was found to be exceptionally low (incredibly one fortieth the declared amount). The program is due to be aired on Tuesday 3rd March 22:40 BBC1 Wales, but will also be available on the BBC i-player. The program is looking into supplements (body building), their effect and also is the consumer getting what they expect. Filming took place at MTD’s Cross Hands lab of a piece showing some of the testing in addition to interview of Alastair.
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