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Regulator publishes research plan

By Ahmed ElAmin, 18-Jan-2007

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The UK's regulator has published details of its research programme for the coming year, outlining areas in which it has food safety concerns.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said it is currently looking to commission research or survey projectsin 12 main areas.

The subject areas include studies on verocytotoxin-producing E. coli O157, microbiological risk management,organic wastes and fresh produce, chemical contaminants from food production, data quality and improved method of analysis,meat hygiene, diet and cardiovascular health, nutritional status and function, dietary surveys and nutrients,food choice inequalities, marine microbiology and biotoxins, and radioactivity.

Contractors who wish to register interest in a specific requirement must submit expressions of interest for research, surveillance and monitoring.

The detailed outlines for each subject are contained in a reference document published on theFSA's internetsite .

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