New Call for UK Food Authenticity Centres of Expertise

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One of the roles of the Food Authenticity Network is to help bring those involved in food authenticity testing together in a more coordinated way. Centres of Expertise laboratories were created recognising their different disciplines and techniques involved in food authenticity testing, and trying to cover all  of the food commodities. The UK Government’s Authenticity Methods Working Group produced a number of criteria, which outlined the type of qualities an organisation offering a particular expertise might be expected to demonstrate to become a ‘Centre of Expertise’ (CoE). There is an expectation that such organisations should be prepared to engage with and offer support to others in their areas of expertise both within the Network and more widely if required.

Currently, 14 organisations have been acknowledged as Food Authenticity Centres of Expertise.

We would like to invite applications from suitably qualified laboratories to become a Food Authenticity Centres of Expertise. In recognition of the fact that food authenticity testing is conducted globally, we welcome applications from laboratories both in the UK and outside the UK. The acknowledgement of Centre of Expertise status is performed jointly by the UK Government and the Food Authenticity Network Executive Management Team.

If you think your laboratory can fulfil the AMWG criteria for CoEs then please complete a self-assessment evidence proforma, providing evidence of your capabilities, and return to CoE@foodauthenticity.uk by 30 November 2021. You will be notified of the outcome by the end of January 2022.

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