Standard Diversified (SDI) 8-K Strategic Diagnostics Updates Adoption of Listeria Test Method

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 14, 2004

Strategic Diagnostics Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

Delaware	000-68440	56-1581761
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File      Number)	(I.R.S. Employer      Identification No.)

111 Pencader Drive Newark, DE	19702
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 456-6789

ITEM 2.02.      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On October 14, 2004, Strategic Diagnostics Inc. issued a press release providing an update on the adoption of its Listeria test method by food producers. A copy of that press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

STRATEGIC DIAGNOSTICS INC.
By:	/s/ Stanley J. Musial
	Stanley J. Musial
	Chief Financial Officer

Dated: October 14, 2004