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Issue 4 | Risk insights newsletter

2024 round-up

A recap of the main issues in food integrity and safety risks that have faced, and continue to affect, our industry in 2024 with our round-up.

Ten key points, ranging from flour regulations in England to global climate change. Read more

Additional information for Christmas opening hours

Shelf-life testing
Please note that due to opening times over Christmas, it may not be possible to test all shelf life samples due on December 25th and 26th of December and 1st and 2nd of January. In all cases we will ensure these are tested within 24 hours of the due date. For more information please contact your local customer services team.

Testing with our Eurofins European laboratory partners
Please note that for work requiring subcontracted analysis with our European partners, the final despatch of samples from Wolverhampton to our EU and Worldwide partner laboratories will be Wednesday 18th December 2024 to ensure they reach the testing laboratory prior to holiday shutdown periods.
Samples registered and received after this date will be held in Wolverhampton for despatch in the new year and the due date will be manually adjusted to reflect this.

Testing with our Eurofins UK laboratory partners
Samples registered for testing at our UK partner laboratories will continue to be despatched up until the 23rd December 2024.

NEW online food training courses 2025 | Plan ahead and book your place now

• Insights into Shelf Life: 28 January
• NEW Identifying Food Safety Hazards: 4 February
• NEW Mycotoxins: 26 February 2025
• Shiga Toxin-producing E.Coli [STEC]: 5 March 2025
• Microbiological Environmental Monitoring: 6 March 2025
• NEW Meat and Fish Content Analysis for Labelling - Quantitative Ingredients Declaration: 11 March 2025
• NEW Food Crime: 26 March 2025
• Microbiological Criteria: 2 April 2025
• Allergen Management for Food Manufacturing and Retail: 3 April 2025
• NEW Understanding Microbiological Results and Setting Action Limits: 7 May 2025
• NEW Listeria: Hazard Awareness, Monitoring, and Principles of Control: 4 June 2025
• NEW Microbiological Sampling & Testing: 4 June
  

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