date:May 18, 2012
he scientists involved in the programme has paid off and we are very pleased to announce that our shellfish monitoring programme is no longer reliant on tests using mice.
David Lees, Head of the Food Safety group at Cefas, said: We are proud to be one of the first laboratories worldwide to have implemented non-animal methods for government algal toxin testing programmes. It is the culmination of many years of work towards this objective, long held by both ourselves and the FSA. A considerable