Guidelines
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REFERENCE NO.: M/1999/1.00
TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO CABRI
CABRI – Common Access to Biotechnology Resources and Information – is an association of qualified European Culture Collections holding different organism types, genetic materials and other "biologicals".
CABRI links the individual centres’ catalogue databases allowing the user world-wide to access these catalogues simultaneously and to order the required biological resources.
CABRI guarantees the customer that he will be provided with a high quality product. Therefore, the resource centres involved in the CABRI-project have developed basic quality management standards. These standards are laid down in CABRI manuals and – for micro-organisms - are based on the generally accepted "Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of Collections of Cultures of Microorganisms" published by the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC) in 1999 (
M/1999/1.00 Appendix 1). They cover procedures that as far as possible will guarantee· the adherence to international, European or national regulations as well as to safety standards in the field of biotechnology;
· the authenticity of biological materials;
· the purity of cultures or absence of contaminants;
· the processing of cultures including their quality control;
· the accuracy of data collected and supplied;
· punctuality and delivery standards.
Furthermore, to be recognised as a CABRI-member, each resource centre should develop its own quality management protocols which they have to follow. However, these protocols have to agree with the basic CABRI-guidelines. For such accreditation, a CABRI-committee will be installed.
Guidelines prepared for CABRI by DSMZ, CBS and BCCM, 17 May 1998; updated August 1999
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