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Food Standards Agency

Honey authenticity -DNA + SORS methods for the authentication of Chinese honey

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
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Deadline (UK time)
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Published
27 Oct 2025
Region
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02/ The brief

What the notice says

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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.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

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  • 73200000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 27 Oct 2025
    Notice

    Notice published 27 October 2025.

    Release 068512-2025

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

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  • Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Food Standards Agency published this notice.

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08/ Related

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Reference
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Source
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Stage
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Last verified
Fri 3 Apr 2026, 20:46 BST
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Wed 28 Oct 2026, 17:32 GMT

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