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High geochemical lead survey

Food Standards AgencyYorkshire and The Humberservicesabove threshold
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What the buyer wrote

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 presence of (high) levels of geochemical lead in the location in which food products have or are being grown or reared. There are maximum levels for lead in some foods and due to the variable nature of the presence of geochemical lead throughout the UK, it is necessary that the FSA has an understanding on the levels of lead in food products grown or reared in medium/high geochemical lead (ranges TBD from literature data). The work is considered one of the FSA’s main areas of research interest (under chemical hazards; inc…

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Fera Science Ltd£199.6kends (31 Mar 2027)

Details

What the buyer calls it
High geochemical lead survey
How they are buying
Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
Type
services
Work starts
1 Dec 2025
Work ends
31 Mar 2027
Where
in Yorkshire and The Humber

Who the buyer named

Mark Croft was the named contact on this notice. Questions closed on 10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST.

Mark.croft@food.gov.uk