The Food Standards Agency · Awarded contract
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Open Source Research and Engagement on 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) for the Food Standards Agency

Awarded 17 Dec 2022

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Awarded17 Dec 2022
Value£50,000.00
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 3y 5mo ago6mo term
Awarded 17 Dec 2022Expired 16 June 2023

The Food Standards Agency awarded a contract to Crisp Thinking for open source research and engagement on 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), a highly toxic industrial chemical illegally sold as a diet pill.

The research aimed to better understand users' awareness of the potential threat from DNP and identify other substances that this audience may use which could cause a similar threat to health, or which might be experimented with before users move to using DNP.

The contract value was AUD 50,000.

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