The organisation was formed in 1961 by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR).
[1] The new buildings in Surrey were to cost £56,000, and would be fully open in 1962; at the time there were 52 British research associations.
The site mainly investigated the toxicology of food products (additives) and cosmetics.
[4][5] It has worked with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and MRC.
The former British Industrial Biological Research Association was in northern Surrey.