THE ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS
Welcome to all members and visitors, to the Home Page of the Association of Public Analysts, also known as the APA. This site explains the function of the Public Analyst, gives information relating to the Association and provides contact information for each of the laboratories within the Association.
Our site provides free information of importance to the work of Public Analysts and the Association. This includes regularly updated listings of relevant new UK Statutory Instruments published by HMSO and of relevant European Legislation published in the "L" Series of the Official Journal. The listings include live links to The Office of Public Sector Information and Eur-Lex allowing the full text to be retrieved. These listings, which were last updated on 11 February 2008, will be of value to all with interests in food standards, environmental matters, and consumer protection. We also provide information about our training courses which are open to non-members.
New Development :
The Association has launched a new Website specifically aimed at non-members. The Legislation, Laboratory listing and Training Sections are already available together with a "News" Section. The new Website may be visited at www.publicanalyst.com.
It is intended to discontinue the present site at some point. Please set a new bookmark in your Browser and visit the new site regularly.
SOME RECENT ADDITIONS
- Vacancy for County Analyst, Worcestershire Scientific Services .
- There is a vacancy for a Public Analyst and Scientific Adviser with Worcestershire Scientific Setvices. This post will act as County Analyst and Head of Laboratory following the end of the contract with the Stevens Partnership. More details can be found by following the link.
- Vacancy for Senior Analyst in Dundee.
- There is a vacancy for a Senior Analyst with Dundee City Council Scientific Setvices. More details can be found by following the link.
- MChemA Training Course, Reading, 2008.
- Final information including a timetable and registration form is now available for the 2008 Reading course. More details can be found in the "Training Section".
- MChemA Training Guide for Legislation, 2007 Edition
- A new Legislation Training Guide has been added to the "Training Section". The Guide is in pdf format for local printing. It is 14 pages long and the file is 100 KB in size. (Superceded versions of this guide may be obtained from the "Training" Section of this Website.)
- MChemA Training Course, Reading, 2008.
- Preliminary information is now available for the 2008 Reading course. More details can be found in the "Training Section".
- Vacancy for Senior Chemist (Food) in Bristol.
- There is a vacancy for a Senior Chemist with Bristol City Council. More details can be found in the "Free Information Section".
- MChemA Training Guide for Legislation, 2006 Edition
- A new Legislation Training Guide has been added to the "Training Section". The Guide is in pdf format for local printing. It is 14 pages long and the file is 70 KB in size. (Superceded versions of this guide may be obtained from the "Training" Section of this Website.)
- Sidney ("Tim") Kidman, 1926 to 2006
- We were sad to hear of the death of Tim Kidman, former Public Analyst, in September 2006. A former colleague, Matt McDonnell, has provided an obituary.
- Widget Pioneer is Public Analyst Number One, new President of the APA takes over
- Alan Richards, Head of Scientific Services for Durham County Council, has become the new President of the Association of Public Analysts.
- John Aldred, 1925 to 2006
- We were sad to hear of the death of John Aldred, former Public Analyst and past President of the Association, earlier this year. A former colleague, J. B.Faulder, has provided an obituary.
- M.Chem.A. Candidates and Counsellors Seminar
- A seminar for M.Chem.A. candidates and Counsellors was held at county hall in Durham on 3rd April. The event was organised by Alan Richards, APA Vice-President, at the Durham laboratory with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
- MChemA Training Guide, Candidate's Record of Study and Progress
- A new Guide to recording study undertaken and progress made has been added to the "Training Section ". This guide is provided in MicroSoft Word (doc) format to allow candidates to customise the basic record to fit their individual needs. The Guide is 8 pages in length and 230 KB in size.
- MChemA Training Guide for Certificate and Report Writing, 2005 Edition
- A new Certificate and Report Writing Training Guide has been added to the "Training Section". The Guide is in pdf format for local printing. It is 66 pages long and the file is 1.6 MB in size.
- Food Surveillance System for Scotland - 2004 data
- The Scottish Food Surveillance System is a sampling database that allows food sampling officers in all of Scotland’s local councils to submit samples electronically through their partner laboratories to a central database held at Health Protection Scotland. An article on the activity in 2004 was recently published in Health Protection Scotland's Weekly Report.