Annual Report of the Council of the Association of Public Analysts for 1995

at the 43rd Annual General Meeting of the Association at the Strand Palace Hotel, London on the 1st June 1996 This report is concerned. with the activities of the Association of Public Analysts (APA) for the year ending December jlst 1995 and discusses events that influence the development of the Association and its members. Public Analysts are qualiJied scientists who are oficially appointed by Local Goyernment Authorities to protect the public in relation to food and other materials. The Council of the Association has met on five occasions during 1995. The composition of the Council is set out in the Articles of Association of the APA and sixteen Public Analysts sit on this central body, all members being subject to election at the Annual General Meeting. Council is responsible for the co-ordination of Activities of the Association including the provision of representatives to outside bodies.