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): February 27, 2003
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                           Strategic Diagnostics Inc.
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                 (Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)


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



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



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (302) 456-6789
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Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

Items (a) and (b) are inapplicable.

(c) Exhibits.

  Exhibit Number                            Exhibit Title
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  99                   Press release by Strategic Diagnostics Inc. dated
                       February 27, 2003, furnished in accordance with Item 9
                       of this current Report on Form 8-K.



Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

         The purpose of this Current Report on Form 8-K is to furnish a press
release issued on February 27, 2003 by Strategic Diagonostics Inc. This press
release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.










                                   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
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                                                     Stanley J. Musial
                                                     Chief Financial Officer


Dated:  March 3, 2003







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


  Exhibit Number                            Exhibit Title
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  99                   Press release by Strategic Diagnostics Inc., dated
                       February 27, 2003, furnished in accordance with Item 9
                       of this current Report on Form 8-K.