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Nature 392, 640 (16 April 1998) | doi:10.1038/33494

Ministry 'changing course' on lab closure

Ehsan Masood

Britain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), currently planning to close its food research laboratory in Norwich, decided 16 months ago that such a move would be detrimental to its scientific activities, according to an internal document released by a member of parliament.That decision, concerning the Norwich branch of MAFF's Central Science Laboratory, was made in December 1996 following the 'prior options' review of the government's ownership and management of its laboratories.