EAS Group News Update

Company News May 2009

Eurofins Agroscience Services is a leading provider of field and scientific research services, product development consultancy and technical support to the crop protection industry. Technical activities involve conducting field and laboratory studies to determine the safety and efficacy of new pesticides, agrochemicals and crop varieties.

Eurofins-GAB GmbH (Niefern) – Building progress update

As many of you may already know, we are in the process of building a brand new multi million euro facility at our Niefern site in Germany. Based on the experience acquired over the last few decades, this will be our group centre of excellence in Ecotoxicology and will vastly increase capacities in that area.

The building work is progressing well; In addition to completely new laboratories, the Niefern site will also be home to three new climatic chambers. Operating to the highest technological standard, these chambers will provide highly constant climatic conditions for studies on beneficial insects and also will allow increased capacities in the future.

For information on ecotoxicology services, please contact Susanne Timmermann; susanne.timmermann@eurofins-gab.com

Eurofins Agroscience Services, Inc – Update on Bed Bug Services

Beg bugs have become an increasing public health concern in the United States and around the world. In order to assist formulators and registrants to develop new and emerging products and techniques, Eurofins Agroscience Services, Inc offers product testing and screening on both lab susceptible and resistant bed bugs. Testing includes GLP or GEP studies on knockdown, residual or repellent efficacy and topical applications to determine the relative potency of active ingredients.

For information on ecotoxicology services, please contact Jing Zhai; jing.zhai@eurofinsagro.com

Eurofins Agroscience Services Inc. – Illinois facility up and running

Since accepting the keys to our new facility in Seymour, IL in early April 2009, Rick Ferrett the Field Station Manager, has exceeded expectations by getting the facility functional in less than six weeks. Studies are already underway out of the new field station and have been since the end of April.

Project capabilities in the field include GLP / Residue Studies, Efficacy Studies (field), Large Plot Efficacy, DFR Studies, Protein Expression and GMO Studies.

Situated in EPA Region 5, onsite crops include corn, oats, bluegrass, vegetables, soybeans, wheat and alfalfa. The soil type of this farm is a sandy clay loam with an organic matter of 5.0%.

For more information on our facility at Illinois, please contact Rick Ferrett; richard.ferrett@eurofinsagro.com

Eurofins-GAB GmbH (Stade) – Strengthening our portfolio

Following on from the recommendations and requirements of local clients in Germany, we have invested in additional irrigation equipment at our facility in Stade, Germany. This will enable the facility to conduct local irrigated, inoculated potato blight (Phytophthora infestans) trials which duplicate the existing design and practices in the UK.

In the next couple of months, the same equipment will be purchased for our Polish facility.

For further information on irrigated inoculated blight trials in Germany, please contact Detlev Dirks: detlev.dirks@eurofins-gab.com

Eurofins Agroscience Services SL (Spain) - renews GLP accreditation

Subsequent to a recent inspection of our Spanish facilities, the GLP accreditation in residue and ecotoxicology covering Eurofins Agroscience Services SL has been renewed.

In addition to our Seville and Zaragoza facilities in Spain, this renewed GLP accreditation also covers the recently integrated Canals facility in Valencia, on Spain’s east coast.

For information on Agroscience services offered in Spain, please contact José María López Carranza: JoseMaria.LopezCarranza@eurofinsagro.com