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Published 29 Nov 2024

RDE719 Pesticide residue analysis - laboratory validation

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · London

Key facts

Contract value
£17,368
Awarded
20 Nov 2024
Contract starts
01 Dec 2024
Contract ends
21 Mar 2025
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement (framework)
Buyer type
Central government

Awarded to

SupplierValue
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)£17,368

Description

This project will involve UK CEH analysing a set of 20 honey samples for a suite of pesticides. The same samples will also be analysed by Fera in a separate piece of work. This will enable a comparison of the reported pesticide residue values between the two different labs, which will allow us to: a) identify and benchmark any anomalies; b) validate the approaches taken by both labs; and c) ultimately give us confidence in using both labs for residue analysis into the future.

Aims

This project will need to: • Quantify pesticide residues from organic honey samples that were spiked with pesticides last year (10 samples stored under ambient conditions and 10 frozen). • Undertake a comparison of quantified residues from UK CEH analysis and Fera analysis. • Develop proposals for next steps depending on the outcomes. • Report all the above findings into Defra.

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