Programmes of work in this area: Food Safety

• Annimal feed composition and contamination - F01 (5)
• Chemical contaminants from food production - Surveys - C02 (22)
  Congener-specific analysis of dioxins and PCBs in babyfoods
  Survey of total and inorganic arsenic in seaweed
  Measurements of the concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in samples of infant formulae and baby foods
  National Retail Sampling Plan for Purchase of Representative Foods for the Analysis of Dioxins: Round-1
  Brominated flame retardants in total diet study samples
  Perfloroctansulphonic Acid (PFOS), Perluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Related Compounds in Food, Development and Validation of a Method and Analysis of Total Diet Study Samples
  Analysis of heavy metals and other elements in processed fish and fish products
  Survey of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in processed fish and fish products
  Metals in baby food and infant formulae - Cr speciation
  PAHs in foods prepared in the home and from catering outlets to determine effects of frying, grilling and barbecuing.
  Survey of Metals and Other Elements in Weaning Foods and Formula for Infants
  Assessment of the mercury concentrations in soil and vegetation, including crops,
  Survey of PFOS and related fluorochemicals in food
  Survey of metal and other elements in offal
  Development of a national retail sampling plan and carry out the purchase of 250 samples of raw and processed vegetables, preserves, eggs, fish and offal for the analysisof PFOS, PFOA and related comp
  Survey of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Offal
  Survey of samples from the 2001 Total Diet Study for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs.
  A multi-element survey of allotment produce
  Investigation of the Occurrence of Brominated Contaminants in Selected Foods
  Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in cereals, cereal products, vegetables, vegetable products, and traditionally smoked foods.
  Survey of total arsenic and inorganic arsenic in muscle and kidneys from cattle and sheep
  Measurement of the concentration of metals and other elements in samples from the 2006 TDS
• Chemical contamination form food contact materials and articles - research - A03 (55)
• Chemical contamination form food contact materials and articles - Surveys - A04 (3)
• Domestic Sector Hygiene Research Programme - B20 (3)
• Effects of Radioactivity in the Environment - R01 (2)
• Eggs and poultry - B15 (17)
• Food chain strategy - H01 (3)
• Food intolerance - T07 (45)
• Food irradiation: research in support of detection tests and the provision of scientific advice - A05 (4)
• Food Safety Aspects of Inorganic Environmental Chemical Contaminants Excluding Dioxins and PCBs- Research - C01 (11)
• Food-borne disease - B14 (19)
• Future Meat Controls Research - MC1 (9)
• Marine microbiology and biotoxins - P01 (7)
• Meat hygiene - microbiological safety (non-TSE research) - M01 (25)
• Mechanisms of food chemical toxicology - T09 (2)
• Microbial risk assessment - B12 (13)
• Microbial risk management - B13 (12)
• Microbial surveillance - B18 (10)
• Mycotoxins and process contaminants (including nitrate) - Research - C03 (23)
• Mycotoxins and process contaminants (including nitrate) - Surveys - C04 (8)
• Organic wastes - B17 (7)
• Phytoestrogens in the diet - T05/T06 (7)
• Radioactivity in Food - R04 (9)
• Research, surveillance and monitoring - Scotland (S01, S04, S14) - S14 (35)
• Response to Emergencies Involving Radiological Contamination of the Food Chain - C05 (2)
• Risk Assessment of Food Chemicals - T01 (18)
• Risk assessment of mixtures of pesticides and similar substances - T10 (16)
• Shellfish hygiene - B16 (11)
• Social Science Research - Food Safety - X04 (22)
• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) - M03 (19)
• Verocytotoxin-producing E.coli O157(VTEC) - B11 (5)