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UK Government responds to expert committee recommendations on consumer CBD products.
We resolve scientific disputes mainly in the food and feed sectors, give advice to regulators and industry, and carry out research. Government Chemist is part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology .
Registration open for the Government Chemist Conference 2026: safe food for tomorrow's world- evidence-based measurement solutions for responsible regulation.
This is the quarterly report of updates to UK legislation in food and feed and related scientific and regulatory issues from October to December 2025.
This series brings together all documents relating to Government Chemist reviews of changes in food and feed legislation affecting the UK.
Article explores concerns over honey adulteration and the work of jointly funded Framework for interrogation of honey authenticity databases.
A project, commissioned under Defra’s Food Authenticity Programme, to develop a practical framework for the interrogation of honey authenticity databases.
The Government Chemist Conference will take place on 23-24 June 2026 at Nexus, University of Leeds with remote attendance options
Advice note prepared by Dr Michael Walker on behalf of the Government Chemist, regarding the detection of genetically modified rice at the UK border
The GC team has collaborated in the review of analytical methods to detect adulteration in coffee
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