Reading Scientific Services

Reading Scientific Services Ltd. (RSSL) is a British company providing scientific analysis,[1] consultancy,[2] product development[3] and training[4][5] to the food, healthcare, pharmaceutical, personal care, cosmetics and consumer goods industries. It has worked in areas such as the detection of contaminants including dioxins, benzene, melamine[6], unauthorised colours such as Sudan[7], undeclared genetically modified organisms, and foreign objects, with an emergency response service for urgent investigations.[8] It also tests pharmaceutical packaging.

The company was formed in 1987 out of Cadbury Schweppes Research and Development. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cadbury.[9] It has been inspected by regulatory authorities including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

RSSL is based at two sites on the Whiteknights Campus of the University of Reading. The headquarters and main laboratories are based at the Reading Science Centre, whilst the training centre and clinical sciences are located at the Science & Technology Centre.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Fundamental physics takes process to the limit". The Engineer.co.uk. 2 November 2009. http://www.theengineer.co.uk/process-engineering/313809.article. 
  2. ^ "Key role for Mastersizer in new emulsions and suspensions consultancy at Reading Scientific Services Ltd". Malvern.com (Kapler Communications Limited). 18 June 2009. http://www.malvern.com/malvern/pr.nsf/id/pr165. 
  3. ^ "More reformulation on the cards, predicts RSSL". FoodNavigator.com (Decision News Media). 13 February 2009. http://www.foodnavigator.com/Financial-Industry/More-reformulation-on-the-cards-predicts-RSSL. 
  4. ^ "Food processors pushing on-site training, says RSSL". FoodProductionDaily.com (Decision News Media). 25 February 2009. http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Product-Categories/Service-Providers/Food-processors-pushing-on-site-training-says-RSSL. 
  5. ^ "RSSL rolls out Responsible Persons training programme". In-PharmaTechnologist.com (Decision News Media). 16 June 2009. http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/On-your-radar/Counterfeiting/RSSL-rolls-out-Responsible-Persons-training-programme. 
  6. ^ "Screening for Food Contaminants". Cleanroom-technology.co.uk (HPCi Media Limited). 9 April 2009. http://www.cleanroom-technology.co.uk/technical_articles/article/screening_for_food_contaminants/. 
  7. ^ "Sudan Red 'still a problem'". Laboratorytalk.com. 3 March 2004. http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/rea/rea128.html. 
  8. ^ "The Food Detectives". ChemistryWorld.org (RSC). October 2009. http://www.rsc.org/images/Thefooddetectives_tcm18-164014.pdf. 
  9. ^ Jobson's year book of public companies, Volume 70. Dun & Bradstreet Marketing. 1998. p. 97. OCLC 34820696. 
  10. ^ "Main Site Map". RSSL. http://www.rssl.com/clientsupport/Documents/COLMAP.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 

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