FSA tender for crabmeat survey
Tuesday 7 February 2012
The Food Standards Agency is inviting tenders for a survey of cadmium levels in brown crabmeat and brown crabmeat products on sale in the UK.
The European Commission has recommended that member states should provide consumption advice to their consumers in order to limit their exposure to cadmium from brown crabmeat. Levels of cadmium in brown crabmeat are often higher than those in the white meat as the brown meat contains the crab’s digestive organ (the hepatopancreas), which can accumulate chemical contaminants.
The Agency is carrying out this survey to update its data on cadmium levels in brown crabmeat and its products. This will ensure that our consumption advice to consumers is consistent with cadmium levels in brown crabmeat and brown crabmeat products that are currently on sale in the UK.
How to apply
Applications should be submitted online using our electronic procurement system by 5pm on 20 March 2012. To find out more about this call for tenders, you will need to register as a supplier on the FSA’s electronic tendering system, ePPS, via the link below.
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