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Jul 18
John Points published an article
This free, two day, conference covers a range of topics mainly of interest to laboratory scientists and analysts.  Sessions run from 11.00 to 15.00 EST on each day.  The first session (24 July, 11.00 EST / 16.00 BST) is organised by FAN.  Two…
Jul 18
John Points posted a blog post
The German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)  has published new guidelines on verification of dPCR methods.  These were developed by the international working group “Development of methods for identification of foodstuffs…
Jul 16
John Points posted a blog post
In this paper (open access) the authors present “PowDew”, an early-stage commercial system designed to detect counterfeit powdered infant formulas using only a commodity smartphone camera.
It works on the principle that different powdered formulas…
Jul 12
John Points published an article
Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA) is one on Europe's largest and most established conferences covering food analysis and regulation.  It is held every 2 years, and always includes substantive content on authenticity analysis.  There are…
Jul 12
John Points posted a blog post
In this study (purchase required) the authors developed a method using an electronic nose (e-nose) equipped with 8 metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) sensors to detect whey adulteration in powdered milk by analyzing volatile emissions.
They examined…
Jul 11
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Jul 10
John Points published an article
For those who missed this webinar last month, a recording is available here (free, but registration is required).
The experts on the panel were:

Nuri Gras - Nuri Gras FOOD INTEGRITY
Gideon Ashworth - The Barts Ingredients Company Ltd
Ingrid…
Jul 10
John Points posted a blog post
A new study examines the outputs for two programmes of Joint Knowledge Transfer work covering the period April 2017 To March 2023. The impact analysis clearly illustrates that the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework provides an efficient and…
Jun 28
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Jun 27
John Points posted a blog post
The similar morphological characteristics among different species of lavers (types of seaweed) make them vulnerable to food fraud. In this study (purchase required) the authors developed a portable microfluidic quantitative polymerase chain reaction…
Jun 26
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Jun 25
John Points published an article
This 1-day online symposium will include a live panel session from FAN Secretary John Points, plus Centre of Expertise representatives Kate Kemsley (University of East Anglia) and Cathy Frankis (RSSL), on the use and abuse of untargeted techniques…
Jun 25
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