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Nick Kernoghan
UK Director
Nick graduated from Exeter University in 1977 with an Honours degree in Chemistry. He then spent 18 years as an analytical chemist with British Petroleum where he rose to become Manager of Elemental and Chemical Analysis at the Sunbury Research and Engineering Centre. He joined Pira International in April 1996 as Business Manager of the Analytical Group and has since become UK Director responsible for all the chemical and physical testing of packaging, printing and paper.
His business provides:
- Food contact legislation consultancy and advice
- Testing of food contact materials to show compliance with legislation
- Mathematical modelling of specific migrants to show compliance with legislation
- Sensory analysis of food contact materials
- Experimental determination of the cause of taint and odour problems
- Problem solving chemical analysis of packaging materials
- Migration measurements on new food contact materials for EC Dossiers, Dossiers to European National Authorities and FDA Food Contact Notifications
- Measurements of specific migrants into food
- Developing quicker, simpler and cheaper methods of testing food contact materials to show compliance with legislation
- Distribution testing of packaged goods
- U.N. certification of dangerous goods packs
- Physical testing of packaging materials and printing
- Problem solving on packaging and printing
- Testing of electronic identification and security devices
- Proficiency testing schemes for physical testing of paper, board and plastics