Training Guides

Legislation Training Guides

Although a Training Guide is superseded by each subsequent version the older editions are retained for reference purposes.

Other Training Guides

Legislation in Force

    Three annual reviews of legislation (both UK and EU) covering the periods 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08 have been posted on the Government Chemist website In general the themes dealt with include:

    - Food Safety – including, for example, contaminants and additives
    - Consumer Choice and Prevention of Fraud – including composition and general labelling
    - Health and Nutrition – including nutrition labelling, nutrients and supplements
    - Regulation – dealing with regulatory activities, and
    - Feed and fertilisers.

    The reviews will be of interest to those studying for the Mastership in Chemical Analysis, as a rapid overview when reporting and/or interpreting results or for a general update on legislation in force and emerging issues. The material can be found at:

  • Legislation Review 2007/08

  • Legislation Review 2006/07

  • Legislation Review 2005/06

Other Training and Study Resources

Recommended reading list for food additives: Dr Stephen Johnson of FSA has provided a reading list for those wishing to learn more about food additives. This is provided primarily as a follow-up to the lecture on the subject in the April 2007 Reading Training course.

Feeding Stuffs and Animal Nutrition Information Sources: Kevin Wardle, Eurofins, Hull (kevinwardle@eurofin.co.uk) has prepared a useful list of information sources

Food Standards Agency Training Resources

There are other training resources, including videos, available on the Food Standards Agency website. Although these resources are intended primarily for EHO’s and TSO’s, they are also useful to public analysts and their staff. At the present time there are no resources specifically dedicated to public analysts

The Training Committee would welcome any necessary corrections to the text and constructive comment on ways of improving future editions of any publication. Correspondence should be sent to the Secretary at the address given at the foot of the acknowledgements page of the appropriate publication.