About Us

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in AgroSciences CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over 36 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 61,000 employees across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in 61 countries and operating over 900 laboratories.

The Eurofins Group is committed to provide the highest quality services, accurate results in time and expert advice by its highly qualified staff. The reliability and accuracy of its data help customers make adequate decisions and meet their increasingly stringent quality and safety standards and the expanding demands of regulatory authorities around the world.

Our quality standards are extremely high and all our procedures and testing methods comply with relevant legislation, standards and best practice guidelines to provide legally defensible results. All of our services are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service to the internationally-recognised ISO17025:2017 quality standard. See www.ukas.com for full scope of accreditation. Our scene-attendance service from Wakefield is accredited to ISO17020. All of our work is fully-compliant with the UK Forensic Science Regulator’s Code of Conduct.

Accreditation

ISO 17025 - This accreditation demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope specified in the Testing Laboratory schedule No. 10007 and the operation of a management system (refer joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communiqué dated April 2017).
ISO 17020 -
Lab 51 - accreditation of laboratories performing analysis of toxicology samples to the highest standards - one of the few labs in Europe to adhere to this accreditation.
Accreditation to the Forensic Science Regulator: Code of Practice (version 1)

Certification

Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus.
ISO 14001 - Environmental Management System certification for Heathrow & Birchwood Park sites.
ISO 27001 - Information Security Management System certification for all EFS sites.
Data Protection Registration reference ZA296776.

Licences

Human Tissue Act (HTA) - Authorises the storage of a body of a deceased person or relevant material which has come from a human body.

Our state-of-the-art forensic genetics and toxicology laboratories provide scientific clarity when it’s most needed, whether it’s to settle private paternity disputes or to help the police solve crimes. Our teams of internationally renowned scientists act as expert witnesses in court and work closely with the police, lawyers, industry and private clients.

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FAQs

Our People

Many of operational staff have over twenty years’ experience as forensic practitioners, are renowned in their fields of expertise and have delivered hundreds of cases in their careers. All are accustomed to providing expert testimony in court and they can withstand the rigours of cross examination and the pressured environment of the courtroom. All EFS staff are security cleared to the UK counter-terrorist level.