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Resolution 11 of the 21st meeting of the CGPM (1999)
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Metrology in biotechnology (10) (12)

The 21st Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures,

considering

  • the growing importance of biotechnology in human health, food production, forensic medicine and the protection of the environment,
  • the need to make accurate measurements traceable to the SI in these fields,
  • the lack of an adequate metrological infrastructure to ensure such traceability,
  • recommends national laboratories

  • to consider developing programmes related to the measurement of quantities important in biotechnology,
  • to collaborate with the international scientific unions and the international organizations concerned in the establishment of an adequate international measurement infrastructure to ensure traceability to the SI in measurements in biotechnology.


  • Reference:
    Comptes Rendus de la 21e CGPM (1999), 2001, 334
    Metrologia, 2000, 37(1), 95

    The reader should note that the official version of this Resolution is the French text.