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Listeria Risk Ranking

Details

Value
£70,000
Topic
Research services
Published
11 December 2025
Submission
26 January 2026

Tender description

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) require a Contractor to carry out an evidence review to identify the foods considered high-risk for L. monocytogenes, ranking them based on their level of risk. This will ensure food safety advice and recommendations are based on up-to-date evidence for these vulnerable consumers. The Contractor must have an ability to review incidents and outbreak data in literature to analyse available evidence on the risk of L. monocytogenes in food products. Lot 1: Food Standards Scotland (FSS) require a Contractor to carry out an evidence review to identify the foods considered high-risk for L. monocytogenes, ranking them based on their level of risk. This will ensure food safety advice and recommendations are based on up-to-date evidence for these vulnerable consumers. The Contractor must have an ability to review incidents and outbreak data in literature to analyse available evidence on the risk of L. monocytogenes in food products.. Not Applicable

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published11 December 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date26 January 2026

About the buyer

Food Standards Scotland is a non-ministerial office of the Scottish Administration, and buys as a central government body. The office became independent from the Food Standards Agency on 1 April 2015. The office is accountable to the public through the Scottish Parliament. Its headquarters are in Aberdeen. Recent tenders cover dietary surveys and analysis, cleaning and minor repairs, and locum meat health inspection services.

Over the past 5 years, most of FSS's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and IT services.

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