Buyer Name: Food Standards Agency
Buyer Address: YO1 7PR, York, UKE21, YO1 7PR, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Science Category Manager
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Buyer Name: Food Standards Agency
Buyer Address: YO1 7PR, York, UKE21, YO1 7PR, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Science Category Manager
Contact Email: fsa.commercial@food.gov.uk
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 representative of UK imports and to further investigate the suitability of qPCR, digital PCR and metabarcoding methodologies for honey authenticity purposes.
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Lot 1 Status: complete
Contract Title: Honey authenticity -DNA + SORS methods for the authentication of Chinese honey
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