Organization:British Industrial Biological Research Association

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British Industrial Biological Research Association
TypePrivate
IndustryToxicology testing
Founded1961; 65 years ago (1961)
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Websitewww.bibra-information.co.uk

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 -

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

References

  1. ↑ Times, 22 November 1960, page 5
  2. ↑ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 23 March 1972. https://books.google.com/books?id=_2A8REBj2f8C&pg=PA654. Retrieved 4 March 2020. 
  3. ↑ Times, 9 July 1969, page 12
  4. ↑ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 8 April 1989. https://books.google.com/books?id=Zw-J3n66g00C&pg=PA2. Retrieved 4 March 2020. 
  5. ↑ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 11 January 1973. https://books.google.com/books?id=7mTE5pilxVgC&pg=PA109. Retrieved 4 March 2020. 
  6. ↑ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 18 March 1982. https://books.google.com/books?id=6DdrQ9H9p3AC&pg=PA749. Retrieved 4 March 2020. 
  7. ↑ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 23 February 1984. https://books.google.com/books?id=-QpcdJc7wW0C&pg=PA71. Retrieved 4 March 2020. 

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