Claire McKillen

Claire is the ‘Packaging Migration and Mass Spectrometry Solutions’ Team Manager. She is responsible for the management of a team of diverse and experienced chemists who work together to provide customers with bespoke solutions to their FCM enquiries.

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  • Area of expertise
    Food Contact Materials (FCMs)
  • Years of experience
    20
  • Highest qualification
    MSc, C.Chem.

Claire trained as a chemist and has 20 years’ experience in analytical chemistry from across various sectors, in particular gas chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques and the analysis of FCMs.

Her, and her team’s, areas of expertise include method development and validation as well as non-targeted high resolution mass spectrometry analysis for the determination of non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in FCMs.

Claire is also the Fera lead for the UK National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for FCMs.

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Fera is the UK National Reference Laboratory for Materials and Articles in Contact with Food. Food contact materials testing is used worldwide to make sure that food is not contaminated by any of the products it comes into contact with.


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Latest Papers and Articles

Grocer article – ‘Bio-based packaging needs rigorous testing to avoid a new food safety threat’, 27th August 2020.

Events past and future

3rd Recycled Packaging for Food Contact conference, July 2022 – Migration and Non-Intentionally Added Substance Testing of Recycled Plastics for Food Contact Materials

Plastics, from Cradle to Grave and Resurrection III webinar, June 2022 – Characterising Exposure - Chemical Analysis & Uncertainties 

 

Claire and their team work with customers to deliver the following services within Fera...


Food Contact Materials Testing

Our work involves targeted and non targeted analysis of known and unknown migrants. Analysis can be carried out in complex matrices (foods, food simulants and food contact materials and articles) utilising a range of advanced chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques.

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Contaminant Testing

Our experts focus on the scientific research relating to intentionally added food components and to those arising from chemical changes during food processing, bioactive chemicals and natural toxicants.

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Authenticity Testing

Fera's analysts use industry leading techniques and cutting edge technologies to ensure compliance with food safety regulations, protecting public health and traceability.

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All Our Food Safety Science
Writing

Latest Papers and Articles

Grocer article – ‘Bio-based packaging needs rigorous testing to avoid a new food safety threat’, 27th August 2020.

Attending or speaking at

Events past and future

3rd Recycled Packaging for Food Contact conference, July 2022 – Migration and Non-Intentionally Added Substance Testing of Recycled Plastics for Food Contact Materials

Plastics, from Cradle to Grave and Resurrection III webinar, June 2022 – Characterising Exposure - Chemical Analysis & Uncertainties 

 

Services

Claire and their team work with customers to deliver the following services within Fera...


Food Contact Materials Testing

Our work involves targeted and non targeted analysis of known and unknown migrants. Analysis can be carried out in complex matrices (foods, food simulants and food contact materials and articles) utilising a range of advanced chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques.

Learn more

Contaminant Testing

Our experts focus on the scientific research relating to intentionally added food components and to those arising from chemical changes during food processing, bioactive chemicals and natural toxicants.

Learn more

Authenticity Testing

Fera's analysts use industry leading techniques and cutting edge technologies to ensure compliance with food safety regulations, protecting public health and traceability.

Learn more

All Our Food Safety Science

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