{"id":50930,"date":"2014-12-01T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=04417da64e2560866009f6957f189940"},"modified":"2015-01-05T11:40:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T11:40:14","slug":"news-story-2014-government-chemist-conference-report-and-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=50930","title":{"rendered":"News story: 2014 Government Chemist conference report and presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Effective intelligence and enforcement, reliable measurement procedures and suitable reference materials are integral in the fight against food fraud; this is the take home message from the 2014 Government Chemist \u2018beating the cheats\u2019 conference. <\/p>\n

Over the 2-day conference, an audience of public analysts, government officials, industry and public sector scientists, academics and leading food experts heard how sound measurement science has a fundamental part to play in ensuring the safety and integrity of the food chain. <\/p>\n

They heard from scientists about the latest analytical techniques that can be used by manufacturers to monitor their production processes, by suppliers to test their produce and by enforcers to ensure compliance with regulations. This included the latest techniques for determining the species of meat in processed food and for assessing whether carry over occurs in meat processing plants. They heard how isotope ratio measurements can be used to help determine the origin of foods and therefore establish authenticity and the accuracy of labelling. <\/p>\n

The Food Standards Agency outlined the steps they have been taking to prepare the industry for legislation changes \u2013 particularly the new allergen labelling rules that came into force on 13 December. The presentation outlined \u2018good practice\u2019 and emphasised that while customers need to ask for information about allergens, caterers need to ensure that all of their staff know when allergens are present in the food they provide. <\/p>\n

Professor Chris Elliott\u2019s keynote presentation, \u2018Securing the integrity of our food supply\u2019, provided the context for the conference and included updates on the changes that are being made across the food industry following his official review into the integrity and assurance of food supply networks that was triggered by the horsemeat incident in 2013.<\/p>\n

The spotlight turned on food fraud outside the UK during a talk by Michael Rosenmark, from the Danish Food Flying Squad, which provided an insight into the work of his specialist unit and the powers it has to tackle food crime in Denmark. Yiu-chung Wong, from the Government Laboratory in Hong Kong discussed the authentication of Chinese medicinal food and the detection of marine toxins in seafood. <\/p>\n

Derek Craston, Government Chemist, said: \u201cWe had a fantastic mix of speakers covering a huge number of issues around food fraud and authenticity and the approaches that can be taken to tackle this. Professor Chris Elliott set the scene at the start of the conference before our expert speakers talked about different areas of science, measurement and quality control. I was delighted to see so many people attend the conference and contributing in an interactive session looking at priority areas for future research run by the FSA<\/abbr>.\u201d <\/p>\n

The 2014 Government Chemist Conference \u2018Beating the cheats: Quality, safety and authenticity in the food chain\u2019 was held at the Royal Society, London, on 24-25 November. <\/p>\n

Presentations from the conference are available below. <\/p>\n

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The Elliott Review: Securing the integrity of our food supply – Chris Elliott, Queen’s University, Belfast <\/a><\/h2>\n

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Potential of hyphenated mass spectrometry for chromium speciation analysis: An insight into the safety of Cr-containing food\/supplements – Heidi Goenaga-Infante LGC<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The new allergen rules: Preparing for change – Chun-Han Chan, FSA<\/abbr><\/a><\/h2>\n

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Quantitation of meat species DNA – Malcolm Burns, LGC<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Meat species carry-over occurs in meat processing plants: truth or fallacy? – Selvarani Elahi, LGC<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Modernising the Public Analyst Service – Liz Moran, Association of Public Analysts<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Proficiency Testing: Performance verification of the methods used for food safety analysis – Matthew Whetton, LGC<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Medicinal Food and Marine Toxin Analysis – Yiu-chung Wong, Government Laboratory, Hong Kong<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The use of isotope ratio measurements in the determination of food authenticity\/origin – Phil Dunn, LGC<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Wine fraud: catching the cheats – Geoff Taylor<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The final presentation, \u2018Hope, Hype and headlines: Science in the news media\u2019 is available on request from Tom Sheldon, Science Media Centre<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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