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Government Chemist represented at allergen management workshop

Michael Walker presented on food allergy and methods of allergen analysis

Michael Walker, of the Government Chemist programme, was invited to present at a two day intensive workshop on allergen management and advanced testing in Austria in May.

皇冠体育app industry seminar, organised by Romer labs, was attended by managers from analytical service providers and the food industry from Spain, Thailand and Austria.

Michael gave talks on food allergy and methods of allergen analysis, as well as allergen labelling requirements under EU Regulation 1169/2011. Other speakers included Professor Sabine Baumgartner from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, senior staff of Romer Labs, and J眉rgen Schl枚sser, the Executive Manager R&D International of Dr Oetker Deutschland.

皇冠体育app workshop provided a good opportunity to discuss and agree some further follow up to the recent co-authored by Michael which outlines a strategy to address the key measurement challenges in allergen analysis.

皇冠体育app challenges of allergen measurements will also be discussed at the Government Chemist Conference: Science supporting trust in food on 21 to 22 June 2016.

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Published 13 June 2016