Current focus of work

 

• Increasing the perception of the LChG as a scientific society
• education and study
• promotion of young talent
• training
• Hearings on federal, state and EU bills
• Cooperation with other national and international companies
• Consumer education in the press and other media

Position papers and statements

 

• Joint position paper of the LChG and the BLC on career paths in food chemistry (2023) ( pdf )
• Draft of a law amending the law on the professional title of state-certified food chemists (Food Chemists Act) - Statement of the LChG dated 19 July (2019) ( pdf )
• Position paper of the working groups food industry, food monitoring, Quality Management & Hygiene, food laboratories, elements and element species and pesticides of the Food Chemistry Society (LChG) on the specification and application of the expanded measurement uncertainty - version dated 25 April (2018) ( pdf )
• Position paper "Structural deficits in food monitoring - 90 percent of regional authorities have no food chemists" (2015) ( pdf )
• Joint statement by the LChG and the BLC on the situation regarding training places for state-certified food chemists (2015)
  ( pdf Annex 1 )
• Guide to the practical training of state-certified food chemists of the Federal Association of Food Chemists in the Public Service (BLC) and the Food Chemistry Society (LChG) (2014) ( pdf )
• Position paper "food chemistry 2014 - Quo vadis?" ( pdf )
• LChG/BLC for sufficient internships for the training of state-certified food chemists as well as uniform training and examination (state examination) ( pdf )
• Position paper of the LChG on the organisation of consumer health protection (report by the Federal Audit Office) ( pdf )
• On the introduction of Bachelor and Master in the study of food chemistry ( pdf )
• Position paper of the Society of Food Chemistry and the Federal Association of Food Chemists in the Public Service on practical training in official monitoring ( pdf )

 

Advantages for student members of the LChG

The Board of the LChG would like to make membership in our society even more attractive for young colleagues, in addition to the many advantages it already offers. He has therefore decided that new student members will receive a one-time free ticket to the German Food Chemists' Day during the period of their student membership in the LChG. You can use it to determine the year of your participation in the Food Chemists Day yourself. This should make it easier for young academics to gain their first experience with scientific Conferences and to make the first contacts that will later be indispensable for successful professional activity.

In addition, the "Science in Studies" funding initiative was launched in 2016. Through this initiative, students are introduced to science in the early phase of their training, in which their participation in the Food Chemists Day is financially supported. In addition, the participants can be accompanied on the food chemists' day by experienced AG JLCists if requested. The processing takes place via the WG JLC.