British Industrial Biological Research Association
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Toxicology testing |
Founded | 1961; 63 years ago (1961) |
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Website | www |
The British Industrial Biological Research Association was a government-run research association in the UK, and is now a private company, that investigates toxicology of commercial products.
History
The organisation was formed in 1961 by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR).[1] The new buildings in Surrey were to cost £56,000, and would be fully open in 1962; at the time there were 52 British research associations.
The site has been known as the BIBRA Research Laboratories. The site mainly investigated the toxicology of food products (additives) and cosmetics.[2] Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited the site on 8 June 1969.[3]
Private company
The private company was later known as BIBRA by the late 1980s.[4][5] It has worked with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and MRC.[6]
Function
The association produced the international journal Food and Chemical Toxicology and Toxicology in Vitro.[7]
The BIBRA Laboratories have worked with the subjects of -
- Environmental toxicology
- Immunohistochemistry
Structure
Today BIBRA is situated on the A237; it was previously further west, on the B278. The former British Industrial Biological Research Association was in northern Surrey.[citation needed]
See also
- British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association
- British Toxicology Society
- Committee on Toxicity
- Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
- Society of Cosmetic Chemists
References
- ^ Times, 22 November 1960, page 5
- ^ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 23 March 1972. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Times, 9 July 1969, page 12
- ^ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 8 April 1989. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 11 January 1973. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 18 March 1982. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 23 February 1984. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via Google Books.
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