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UKIAFT Meeting and AGM, Thursday 10th October to Friday 11th October 2024, Leicester
The UKIAFT meeting and AGM will take place in Leicester on the dates shown above. You can register for the event using this link UKIAFT AGM Tickets, Thu 10 Oct 2024 […]
The International Association of Clinical and Forensic Toxicologists (IACFT) inaugural 2020 Online Scientific Meeting.
The International Association of Clinical and Forensic Toxicologists (IACFT) would like to formally invite you to attend the inaugural 2020 Online Scientific Meeting this November. The world's clinical and forensic […]
Survey on psychoactive plants
John Corkery from the University of Hertfordshire is conducting a survey which aims to find out what specific plants are being encountered by toxicologists and other analysts, so as to provide […]
Drugs in syringes from six European cities
Below is a link to areport on the EMCDDA website - analysing contents of syringes from People WhoInject Drugs (PWID). The cities involved were Amsterdam, Budapest, Glasgow, Helsinki, Lausanne and […]
Latest FSR publications relating to Forensic Toxicology. Lessons Learnt – Contextual bias in forensic toxicology, The proficiency test handling and Manipulation of data
Published on May 14, 2019 Issue 3/ 2019 - Contextual bias in forensic. Download a copy > Issue 4/ 2019 - The proficiency test handling. Download a copy > Issue 5/ […]
The Forensic Science Regulator: Legal Obligations – Guidance on the obligations placed on expert witnesses in the criminal justice system in England and Wales
The latest version of the Forensic Science Regulator guidance (Issue 7) has been published. Download A Copy >
The UK Forensic Science Regulator has published revised Expert Report Guidance (Issue 2)
The revised guidance was published on 14th February 2019. Download a Copy >
Two New Home Office Reports published in November 2018
1. Annual Report on the Home Office Forensic Early Warning System (FEWS) 2016/17. A system to identify New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in the UK. 2. Review of the Psychoactive Substances Act […]
Forensic Science Regulator Annual Report 2017
The Forensic Science Regulator's annual report for 2017 (November 2016-November 2017) is now available. The report states that there are currently no plans to adopt the UKIAFT laboratory guidelines as a standard […]