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Last week (7 April) the Agency announced that its Food Protection Division has appointed the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) as the UK’s National Reference Laboratory for contaminants in food.
This work covers the following areas:
The Agency would like to clarify that it has not centralised its research to one laboratory. It will still be tendering for research via the protocols set out in its research requirements document.
The appointment of National Reference Laboratories is a requirement placed on all EU member states by Regulation EC/2004/882. Different laboratories may be appointed for different subject areas, although in this case the Central Science Laboratory has been appointed for the five food contaminants areas listed.
The Agency has already made some other appointments, for example for animal feed additive authorisations and marine biotoxins, and is in the process of appointing others. The National Reference Laboratories work closely with the Central Community Reference Laboratories appointed by the European Commission and with official national control laboratories within their country.
The four-year appointment of CSL took effect on 1 April 2008, and will enable it to carry out the functions as described in Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) 882/2004.
The services provided will include:
The appointment will be reviewed in four years' time.
FSA
Dr Karen Barnes
tel: 020 7276 8541
email:
karen.barnes@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
CSL
Dr Martin Rose
tel: 01904 462655
email:
m.rose@csl.gov.uk
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