Information Bulletins on Methods of Analysis and Sampling for Foodstuffs

Bulletins are issued by the Agency to Public Analysts, to other analysts working in the food sector and to others with an interest in the sector. The principal purpose of this system is to act as an electronic consultation forum on methods of analysis and sampling for foodstuffs proposed for inclusion in EU Regulations and Directives, or on topics to be discussed in organisations such as the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Other topics, e.g. forthcoming collaborative trials to validate specific methods of analysis, will be covered from time to time.

Bulletin 82 includes:
Results from Collaborative trials 148a and 148b
Information on the above collaborative trials, which were co-ordinated on the Agency’s behalf by LGC, is given in this Bulletin: in particular, information on the trial format, methods of analysis used and the results obtained is given. Both trials were undertaken as part of FSA project E01057. Formal reports on the trial will eventually be submitted for publication in the scientific literature.

Bulletin 81 includes:
Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling: 28th Session”
1. Conference Room Document 19: Draft Guidelines for Settling Disputes over Analytical (Test) Results
This document deals with the EU response to the previously circulated paper about the dispute situation. It will be used to comment on the information given in the ALINORM
reproduced in Information Bulletin 80.
2. Conference Room Document 18: Consideration of the methods for the detection and identification of foods derived from biotechnology.

Bulletin number 82

Bulletin number 81

Comments are invited on any items included in the Bulletins via email.

Dr Roger Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 624555
E-mail: roger.wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

All the Bulletins that have been circulated by the Agency over the last year can be downloaded in PDF format by clicking on the links below, older Bulletins can be downloaded from the Archive page. The index can be used to identify the topics that have been covered in each Bulletin.