EU member states apply additional national rules for human tissues/cells
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
Some 14 European Union member states apply testing requirements above and beyond those set out under Directive 2004/23/EC, which sets standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells1,2.
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