James Nicholson

Fera Science Limited’s proficiency testing group, Fapas^® is making a significant contribution to help the Baby Food Council.

The unexpected gross chemical contamination of a potable water supply is an event which demands the best of any laboratory that finds itself at the centre of such intense attention...

The European Union has confirmed it will no longer permit sales of the widely used actives in insecticides chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl; after Jan. 31, 2020.

The SQF Conference is a unique education and networking event for SQF stakeholders and food safety professionals in the manufacturing, retail and foodservice industries. It provides practical knowledge and skills to improve the efficacy of food safety and quality assurance programs and ensure compliance with government food safety regulations, corporate policies, and the SQF Code. Dr. Andrew Swift, CEO has been asked to be a keynote speaker on both the 5^th November and 6^th November.

5th Nov 3:30pm
FAKE FOOD: COMBATING THE SCOURGE OF FOOD FRAUD AND ADULTERATION
From “honey laundering” to melamine in baby formula and  horse meat in beef products, it is estimated that food fraud and adulteration costs the global economy more than $49 billion a year. Incidents of food and beverage mislabelling and fraud, particularly in high value food commodities are on the rise, damaging public trust in the integrity of the food chain and impacting the competitiveness and resilience of food businesses. Gain insights from experts in this area on recent examples of food fraud and learn how food fraud can be predicted and mitigated.

SPEAKERS
Andrew Swift, Director Science Services at Capita, CEO and CEO of Fera Science Ltd (UK Food Environment and Rural Affairs)

6th Nov 9:45am
FOOD FRAUD AND ADULTERATION PART II: WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE FUTURE?
Join our team of experts for a follow up interactive session on food fraud and adulteration. Discuss and evaluate with your peers new technologies, including AI and Blockchain, as well as policies and procedures that can help mitigate food fraud issues.

SPEAKERS
Andrew Swift, Director Science Services at Capita, CEO and CEO of Fera Science Ltd (UK Food Environment and Rural Affairs)

Programme Details

Public analysts are the highly skilled scientists who form the primary scientific base of the United Kingdom’s public protection enforcement service where chemical analysis and related testing are appropriate. In Scotland Public Analysts are also responsible for micro biological examination of food.

Fera Science will be attending the APA Conference in Glasgow, represented by Susan MacDonald, Science Lead for natural plant and mycotoxins, who will give a presentation on natural plant toxins occurring in herbal products.

Also attending, and giving a short update on the Fapas® Proficiency Testing scheme will be Phil Smith and Nikki Molloy. Fapas® is also participating in the trade show. They are looking forward to presenting their new products developed specifically for the 2020/21 programme.

APA Conference

About Fapas

Fapas is a world renowned accredited proficiency testing provider, supporting the food and water testing industries since 1990.

We support laboratories to help them to achieve the quality of analysis demanded of them by their customers, accreditation bodies and managers.

We supply hundreds of proficiency tests a year to thousands of laboratories across all continents of the world, except Antarctica.  We supply real matrix test samples for all routine analytical disciplines in the fields of food chemistry, food microbiology, genetically modified materials, drinking water chemistry and microbiology, environmental chemistry and microbiology.

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