We are delighted that our Executive Director, Selvarani Elahi MBE, was interviewed by Nick Hughes for an article in the The Grocer and that we are featured as a "key fraud-fighting institution"!

We are pleased to announce that the four FOOD AUTHENTICITY trademarks shown are now UK registered trademarks of LGC.

Written by one of our Advisory Board members John Spink John Spink and reviewed by our Executive Director Selvarani Elahi MBE - it's well worth a read!

We are delighted to announce this agreement with Defra UK Food Standards Agency Food Standards Scotland & the Centres of Expertise - very timely as this month was the 10th anniversary of the #foodfraud in #horsemeat issue & the current geopolitical conditions. Prof Chris Elliott OBE UK NML ChemBio&GC Selvarani Elahi MBE

As challenges such as #FoodInsecurity rise in Europe, technology is becoming increasingly important for food system #transparency, resilience and fairness.📱🥕 How can we increase access to technology to ensure a future-fit #FoodSystem for everyone? 🌏 ➡️ bit.ly/3wP2wiB

Our Executive Director Selvarani Elahi MBE is contributing to this important initiative, aimed at harmonising global definitions for #foodfraud and related terms, as the UK Co-Chair for the Codex Alimentarius CCFICs Electronic Working Group on Food Fraud. Michael ONeill

We're proud to be part of this journey. Four fantastic outcomes of the Elliott Review 🥳 Prof Chris Elliott OBE

The European Commission has published the results of the EU-wide coordinated action “From the Hives” on #honey contaminated with #sugars and found that 147 of the 320 (46%) samples taken at EU borders were suspected of being non-compliant. lnkd.in/eV43yP34 #foodfraud

Webinar: Testing for CBD in novel foods, 29 March 2023, 15:00 BST Paul Tossell, Head of Novel foods at the Food Standards Agency and @Tabatha Hambidge, Researcher UK NML ChemBio&GC LGC will be speaking. Followed by a Q&A session. Register tinyurl.com/3xwxupw3

#AllergenAlert Possible presence of soya in specific batches of Pulsin Plant Based Bars. For details, please see: ow.ly/sMfT50NrI3j

#AllergenAlert Undeclared allergens in batches of Dunnes Stores Wild Atlantic Prawns and Dunnes Stores Queen Scallops and King Prawns. For details, please see: fsai.ie/details.aspx?i…

Today we have published updates to our food allergen labelling and information technical guidance. The key changes are new standards for applying precautionary allergen labels to prepacked food products.

We're delighted that the Food Authenticity Network has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 'Lab of the Year' category for New Food Magazine's The Apples 2023! Wish us luck! 🍀 #Foodintegrity UK NML ChemBio&GC Selvarani Elahi MBE Prof Chris Elliott OBE

Government Chemist (UK NML ChemBio&GC) & Defra UK lead work on Protocol for the Collection of #Honey #Reference Samples for the Construction of Honey Authenticity Databases🐝🍯 tinyurl.com/ycxhh7p4 Selvarani Elahi MBE

Join #Fi Europe (15% off with the discount code: DPXV 200) to listen to our Executive Director Selvarani Elahi MBE talk about how to win the fight against #foodfraud

A Toolkit to Support Weight of Evidence Approaches for Food Authenticity Investigations has been published by Defra UK. It is designed to support anyone who is required to make an assessment on the authenticity of a food or drink sample tinyurl.com/4c5xduda UK NML ChemBio&GC

Provenance is becoming increasingly important to #consumers. Find out which foods have UK Geographic Origin Protection #origin

FAN has collaborated with the providers of three leading commercial #foodfraud incident collation tools to provide a summary of global official food fraud reports in 2023 - there is no evidence of a consistent, significant trend during 2023. Selvarani Elahi MBE UK NML ChemBio&GC