# FS900220 Data requirement to assess the safety of currently non-permitted waste streams to be used for rearing insects for feed

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Food Standards Agency](/buyers/the-food-standards-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Fera Science Ltd](/contract-winners/fera-science/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £129,986
- Tender value: £129,986
- Award date: 21 July 2022
- Published: 28 July 2022
- Contract start: 8 August 2022
- Contract end: 31 August 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: db8c236f-da36-475c-ac24-05f38e000961-558488
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3e90a64a-df01-49a4-a9e3-5b60081c17a5

## Description

FS900220 Data requirement to assess the safety of currently non-permitted waste streams to be used for rearing insects for feed We commissioned a study to collate chemical and microbiological data from model insect rearing systems using currently non-permitted substrates\. These will form the key evidence data set for subsequent risk assessments\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/db8c236f-da36-475c-ac24-05f38e000961-558488)