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News Release from: LGC
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 August 2003
LGC Key Regulatory Interface says
Chemist Review
Dr John Marriott's first Review for DTI has strengthened the role of Government Chemist in resolving analytical disputes and promotes better measurements for biotechnology.
The Government Chemist Review 2002, Dr John Marriott's first since his appointment as Government Chemist in May 2002, presents an account of LGC's analytical, advisory and strategic work for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Concentrating on three main categories - advising government and industry, analytical R and D and fostering analytical science - the Review demonstrates LGC's responsiveness to contemporary issues in which analysis has a key role to play, such as issues associated with the implementation of the EU's proposed REACH chemical testing scheme
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Amongst its findings, the report affirms LGC's position as a key regulatory interface between Government, industry and the consumer.
Other significant highlights include LGC's drive to promote better measurements for biotechnology as well as in strengthening its statutory role in resolving analytical disputes.
Dr John Marriott, Government Chemist and LGC Director of Analytical Technology, said: "As LGC's work for DTI is audited independently, it is gratifying to be rated so highly and to have the necessary expertise and resources to perform this wide-ranging function.
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LGC is a key driver of the regulatory partnership process and is focused on making it work for the benefit of all sides - for regulators, industry and consumers.
In our commitment to recognising and responding to an ever-changing climate of regulation, trade pressures and consumer demands, we have been setting relevant and forward-thinking agendas, and collaborating widely with appropriate partners." Consultation has been central to LGC's pursuit of better measurements for biotechnology.
In the Review, LGC's work with over 30 organisations - from SMEs and major pharmaceutical companies, to key science base groups including the US National Institute of Standards and technology - is described.
This includes new projects to establish appropriate systems so that biomeasurements are comparable and more able to underpin technology across key interfaces.
The Review highlights LGC's recent achievements in delivering its statutory role as Government Chemist.
This involves the resolution of disputes concerning analytical science in legal cases, especially where particularly complex analysis is required or where interpretation is controversial.
Dr John Marriott commented: "LGC has made significant progress in the development of the Government Chemist role, building on our history as an authoritative referee in analytical disputes.
Technical expertise and investment in advanced instrumentation enables us to take analysis a step further, such as the resolution in the past year of the first of what promises to be many legal disputes over the analysis of a genetically modified food." As in previous years since privatisation, the Government Chemist Review 2002 is based on evidence of LGC's performance collected and reviewed by an advisory committee of the Royal Society of Chemistry, supplemented by an audit, and presented to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
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