text: The Association of Public Analysts (APA) is a UK professional association  for public analysts. It was founded in 1954, although an earlier body, the Society of Public Analysts, was founded in 1874, became the Society for Analytical Chemistry, and was one of the bodies which merged to form the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1980. 
  Through its activities it seeks to serve the public by using analytical chemistry to addressing a wide range of issues including not only the adulteration and contamination  of food, drugs and other commercial products but also to adi in their accurrate description.   the APA president is Jane White.
  It publishes the  Journal of the Association of Public Analysts (JAPA), which appeared in print from 1963 to 1997, volumes 1-33 (), and was then relaunched as an online journal from volume 34, 2006 ().