APA News

  • Food safety testing to be beefed-up

    03 June 2013

    A recent article in The Independent newspaper claims that Whitehall officials are to take a tighter grip of efforts to guarantee the “authenticity” of British food in a desperate attempt to rebuild confidence in the produce on supermarket shelves following the horsemeat crisis.

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  • FSA Board meeting focusses on Food Authenticity

    03 June 2013

    Following the recent horse meat incident an FSA Board meeting will take place in London tomorrow (4/6/13) to discuss food authenticity policy and enforcement to ensure effective consumer protection.

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  • Public Analyst Trainees Clear the First Hurdle

    01 June 2013

    All three candidates who attempted the Part A examination of the Mastership in Chemical Analysis this year have been successful. Emma Downie and Sylwester Lukasik from Public Analyst Scientific Services and Simon Cull from Staffordshire Scientific Services took the exam in April 2013.

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  • APA Educational Trust supports training for Official Food & Feed Labs

    29 May 2013

    Another successful week long course organised by the APA Educational Trust was held at Reading in April / May 2013 and attracted 14 delegates. The majority of delegates were from Public Analyst Laboratories with 1 from a commercial laboratory and 1 from LGC. The teaching consisted of a mix of lectures; laboratory practical sessions and interactive exercises.

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  • Goat and Turkey follow Horse

    13 May 2013

    Two Past Presidents were quoted in The Sunday Times on 12th May. The article highlights the discovery of widespread meat substitution against a backdrop of decreasing local authority monitoring

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  • Chair of the Food Standards Agency visits PASS

    05 May 2013

    Lord Jeff Rooker, Chair of the Board of the Food Standards Agency, visited Public Analyst Scientific Services at their headquarters in Wolverhampton on Tuesday 7th May.

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