LGC, founded in 1842, is an international organisation providing excellence in investigative, diagnostic and measurement science, and remains at the forefront of testing approaches, techniques, instrumentation and policy associated with food authenticity.

 LGC, founded in 1842, is an international organisation providing excellence in investigative, diagnostic and measurement science, and remains at the forefront of testing approaches, techniques, instrumentation and policy associated with food authenticity.

LGC is committed to providing open access to best measurement practice guidance for food authenticity testing.

LGC provides:

• A range of expert scientific functions and services in partnership with government, business and academia.

• World-leading measurement science, solving complex global challenges, ensuring trust and confidence in high quality measurement and research.

Food Forensics is an accredited testing laboratory undertaking analysis of food, beverages, feed and environmental swabs.

Food Forensics offer advice and support on authenticity testing; from horizon scanning tools (Risk Newsletter and on-line Knowledge Base platform), risk profiling, supply chain mapping, risk management to testing programmes and results follow up; delivering added value as well as due diligence.

Food Forensics has a proven track record and shares expertise in animal nutrition, food safety, production systems, commercial food chains and supply chain risk management as well as forensic science, analytical chemistry, SIRA, qPCR, NGS and ELISA.

Fera Science’s origins began over a 100 years ago as the Institute for Plant Pathology.

Fera's wide expertise in food and plant analysis provides it with novel avenues for food authenticity verification. It has an expert team participating in food authenticity research, as well as offering varied and unique solutions across a range of food authenticity issues.

Fera has been instrumental in the development of guidelines for method validation, are regularly called upon to interpret results, and lead the international effort to standardise analytical techniques across food authenticity

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries.

With 375 laboratories across 41 countries in Europe, North and South America, and Asia-Pacific; and over 30,000 staff, Eurofins is a world leader in food and pharmaceutical products testing, and a global market leader in agroscience, genomics, discovery pharmacology, and central laboratory services.

Eurofins is recognised as a leading expert in food authenticity testing and has applied this testing in the UK for more than twenty years.