Food Standards Agency

Developing our understanding of UK consumers exposure to food additives, and other chemical contaminants, is broad and complex; an important starting point is to increase the evide

Obtaining purchase panel data on chicken sales. This is to understand if changes in purchase patterns may have contribute to increases in levels of Campylobacter and Salmonella e.g

Hosting and supporting the Food Standards Reference Manual including updates & reports

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has awarded a contract for the delivery of the Consumer Insight Tracker. The FSA has been conducting monthly surveys with consumers (the Consumer In

The Food Standards Agency has awarded a contract for sampling and testing of shiga toxin-producing e-coli (STEC) in waterways. The purpose of the work described here is to characte

We would like to invite suppliers on Technology Services 4 Lot 3a to a Pre-market Engagement via Microsoft Teams to discuss requirement for a new Service Desk contract. The scope o

FSA in NI continues with the previous data provider to obtain NI take home food and drink purchasing data for years 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025. The aim of obtaining this data is to

Following UK exit from the European Union (EU), the Windsor Framework (incorporating former arrangements under the Northern Ireland Protocol) requires Northern Ireland to continue

There is currently limited UK capability to measure MOSH/MOAH levels in foods. To evaluate dietary exposure and possible migration levels of MOSH/MOAH, methodology for the determin

A supplier who can provide a variety of different types of equipment and or furniture which is required by our employees as a workplace adjustment for them to be able to safely car

The FSA is commissioning research to support understanding of the evidence gaps in regard to the economic impact of full cost recovery – the counterfactual, to be understood in lin

Sampling for lead in food produced or grown in high geochemical lead areas of the GB. The levels of lead present in food can vary depending on several factors, one being the presen

The FSA have awarded a contract to deliver an analytical survey across a wide range of products including traditionally smoked foods (e.g., fish and meat), smoked ingredients (e.g.

An assessment of potential impacts of the presence of PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ in the overall environment for food safety and the UK food system over the next 10 years.

An exploration of One Health biosurveillance opportunities across government, academia and industry. Tenders are invited to carry out the development and delivery of a workshop(s)

The main objective of the FSA’s strategy for 2022-2027 is to ensure that food is safe, is what it says that it is and that it is healthier and more sustainable. With this, our role

Tenders are invited to carry out a review of laboratory testing methods which should: 1. Build on previously published research and complement the work and learning of the FSA on C

This project will provide a concise technical synthesis of the outputs of the PATH-SAFE (Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and Environment) programme

Tenders were invited to carry out a range of project delivery options, to deliver against stages 1, 2 and 3 as described below: Stage 1: This case study is to support the UK FSA’s

The FSA required the Supplier to validate and optimize the DNA-based qPCR and SORS methods that were developed in the first feasibility study. This should be done on Chinese honey