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Breaking news: New EU regulation meant to restart the importation of serum into the EU After intensive communication with DG SANTE, new regulation was published today to restart the importation of serum into the EU.  Download as PDF

Gamma Irradiation of Animal Serum 4 relevant articles about the Gamma Irradiation of Animal Serum – Gamma Irradiation of Animal Serum: Validation of Efficacy for Pathogen Reduction and Assessment of Impacts on Serum Performance By Mark Plavsic, Raymond Nims, Marc Wintgens, and Rosemary Versteegen Read the article  – Gamma Irradiation of Animal Serum: Theoretical Basis of Impacts of Gamma

https://youtu.be/GfRp3IlSTwg Video: Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) Value Chain Harvesting Fetal Bovine Serum saves human and animal lives and helps replace and reduce the use of live animals for research and testing. Do you know exactly how it is produced to assure a high quality FBS product in compliance with ethical considerations?  Watch this short video

Fetal Bovine Serum and the Slaughter of Pregnant Cows : Animal Welfare and Ethics Fetal Bovine Serum and the Slaughter of Pregnant Cows: Animal Welfare and Ethics by Ole Bødtker Nielsen and Percy W. HawkesVolume 18, Open Access (January 2019) Download article

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Join forces with ESPA Download the promotional flyer for the European Serum Products Association (ESPA).   English Version French Version German Version

How is Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) produced? Get a quick overview of the value chain

EFSA experts have examined issues surrounding the slaughter of pregnant farmed animals in Europe Read article

Fetal Bovine Serum – Country of Origin, Geographic Relevance, and Labeling Download article

Brazilian JBS Federally Inspected Fetal Bovine Serum Download article