Procurement Summary
Country : United Kingdom
Summary : Harmonisation and Standardisation in the Field of Next Generation Sequencing (Ng
Deadline : 04 Jan 2023
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 75187281
Document Ref. No. : CF-0014900D8d000003VQwdEAG
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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Title : Harmonisation and Standardisation in the Field of Next Generation Sequencing (NG
Location Of Contract : SW1P 3JR
Industry : Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000
Value Of Contract : £0
Description : This document sets out the requirements for a new research project: Harmonisation and standardisation in the field of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis for food authenticity testing.Defra's Food Authenticity Research Programme is at the forefront of applying cutting edge technology to develop fit for purpose analytical testing methods to verify food labelling and composition to support the enforcement of food law. Research developed under the programme helps to ensure the authenticity and integrity of the UKs food supply chain, ensuring it remains resilient to food fraud, maintaining and improving consumer confidence. A powerful emerging technology, starting to be applied by a number of organisations and laboratories for food authenticity investigation, is NGS or High Throughput Sequencing (HTS). It has the potential to deliver a step-change in how food standards testing is undertaken by allowing high-throughput, non-targeted identification of food ingredients. The growing application of NGS for food authenticity investigation has highlighted a need to develop standards and harmonise approaches for application in a food setting to ensure methods are fit for purpose, are validat...
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