Webinar: Testing for CBD in novel foods

Webinar data

Paul Tossell will outline the FSA position relating to regulation of CBD. Tabatha Hambidge (LGC) will then provide an overview of the examination of novel foodstuff for the existence of CBD, which will cover:

What is CBD?
How is CBD attained?
How does CBD vary from other cannabinoids that are managed?
Why is CBD utilized in foodstuff supplements and other shopper items?
How can we take a look at for the existence of CBD in food stuff nutritional supplements and other buyer products?

The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session, throughout which you can pose your concerns to our authorities.

This event is meant for men and women at the moment doing the job within the meals testing arena, the food business and people concerned with the Uk formal control method.

This is the fifth webinar in the Webinar Collection of the Joint Know-how Transfer Framework for Food items Standards and Foods Safety Assessment, which is a cross-authorities challenge (funded by Defra, Food Benchmarks Agency, Foods Criteria Scotland and DSIT by way of the Authorities Chemist programme) aimed at disseminating awareness from federal government funded study to stakeholders to aid Uk laboratory ability and endorse best practice in food basic safety and specifications investigation.

About the speakers

Paul Tossell, Head of Novel Foodstuff and Radiological Coverage Workforce, Foods Specifications Agency (FSA)

Paul has been Head of Novel Food items and Radiological Policy Workforce at the FSA given that January 2019. He has overseen coverage progress on CBD and novel alternate protein compliance with novel food items polices, like the transfer toward compliance of edible insects. Paul has been with the FSA considering the fact that its development in 2000, having earlier worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foodstuff (MAFF). Other earlier roles have been top on food defence and hypersensitivity.

Tabatha Hambidge, LGC

Tabatha joined the LGC Organic Mass Spectrometry Group from Charles River Laboratories in 2018 and is now a Researcher and aspect-time PhD pupil used in the parts of scientific, food stuff and customer merchandise protection. She a short while ago coordinated the Authorities Chemist CBD and managed cannabinoid interlaboratory comparison and is presently associated with perform to advancing metrology in multi-analyte, controlled drug evaluation.

About the panel

Christopher Hopley, LGC

Chris has much more than 20 years’ working experience in organic mass spectrometry (OMS) assessment for food stuff, forensics, environmental, scientific and buyer items. Chris has above 50 peer reviewed publications and external displays. The OMS staff led by Chris Hopley has effectively formulated and validated 100’s of strategies for foods, forensics, environmental, medical and purchaser/cosmetics products and solutions.

Ian Axford (LGC)

Ian Axford is a scientist in the Place of work of the Authorities Chemist at LGC supporting the Government Chemist operate reviewing policy, expectations and restrictions relating to analytical chemical measurements. Functions also contain advising United kingdom government on substances in client products and solutions and contributing to the development of product or service security standards as a member of quite a few British and European standardisation committees and working groups.

Selvarani Elahi MBE

Selvarani Elahi is the Deputy Government Chemist at LGC and the Executive Director of the Foods Authenticity Community. Selvarani has over 25 years’ encounter in the examination of food and agriculture samples performing throughout a wide variety of coverage parts, with authorities departments and different stakeholder groups, to improve criteria in measurement science. She labored with Defra, FSA & FSS to set-up the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Foodstuff Standards and Foodstuff Basic safety Analysis in 2017.