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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
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(DSIR). 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 (
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) and cosmetics.
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visited the site on 8 June 1969.


Private company

The private company was later known as BIBRA by the late 1980s. It has worked with the
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is the trade association for over 120 companies in the UK producing prescription medicines for humans, founded in 1891.
(ABPI) and
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.


Function

The association produced the international journal ''
Food and Chemical Toxicology ''Food and Chemical Toxicology'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering aspects of food safety, chemical safety, and other aspects of consumer product safety. It is published by Elsevier and was established in 1963. The editor-in-chief is ...
'' and ''
Toxicology in Vitro ''Toxicology in Vitro'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering in vitro toxicology. It is published semi-quarterly by Elsevier and an official journal of the European Society of Toxicology in Vitro and affiliated with the American Assoc ...
''. The BIBRA Laboratories have worked with the subjects of - *
Environmental toxicology Environmental toxicology is a multidisciplinarity, multidisciplinary field of science concerned with the study of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical biological agent, agents on living organisms. Ecotoxicology is a ...
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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
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.


See also

* British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association *
British Toxicology Society The British Toxicology Society has over 900 members (as of January 2020) who are based in over 40 countries. It is the National British professional association for toxicologists. The remit of the Society is to promote the advancement of the scienc ...
*
Committee on Toxicity The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is a UK independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other Government Departments and A ...
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Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is a European Union regulation dating from 18 December 2006. REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human he ...
(REACH) *
Society of Cosmetic Chemists The Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC), founded in 1945, is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of cosmetic science. The Society publishes the bimonthly ''Journal of C ...


References

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