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Fera organises its science teams around the thematic science areas required by our client base, allowing us to maintain high levels of scientific specialism that have led to international recognition.
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Government Decontamination Service provides advice, guidance and management support to those with responsibilities for decontamination
FAPAS, FEPAS, Gemma, Leap and Phytopas are proficiency testing schemes run by Fera to enable laboratories worldwide to assess their proficiency in chemical and microbiological analysis
eDomero is an online registration system for all plant health inspection services relating to the import and export of plants, plant pests, plant produce and, soil and growing medium in England and Wales.
Seed Certification is the online system for making applications for seed certification in England.
Information for bee keepers
FC24 is comprehensive guide to EU food contaminants legislation and residue limits for food industry professionals
Liaison provides agronomists, growers and the fresh produce trade with rapid access to pesticide approvals, label information and pesticide MRLs
Searchable data from the pesticide usage surveys commissioned by the independent Advisory Committee on Pesticides
Global pest and disease identification services for all horticultural and agricultural crops, garden plants and plant-based products.
Analytical and risk assessment services for compilation of technical REACH dossiers or chemical safety reports.
Details of the analytical testing services available for the food and drink industry
Fera is the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for the UK and for Malta for a variety of functions: Chemicals in Food, Pesticides, Veterinary Drug Residues
The CropMonitor website provides information sourced from monitoring sites located across the country and reports up to date measurements of crop pest and disease activity in arable crops throughout England.
The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) provides Defra with GM inspection and enforcement services for the deliberate release of GMOs.
Background information on the legislation and procedures in place for issuing of licences to release non-native biocontrol agents in England under Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Fera provides the Secretariat for the GB Non-native programme board. The Secretariat's role includes coordinating research programmes and ensuring the exchange of experience, information and specialist expertise on non-native issues amongst key agencies and sectors.
The National Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria houses virtually all known bacterial plant pathogens of importance to the Agricultural and Horticultural sectors. Strains are supplied freeze dried in glass ampoules and also as live cultures on agar for diagnostic, research, and Industrial applications.