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): July 24, 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 issued by Strategic Diagnostics Inc. on
                July 24, 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 July 24, 2003 by Strategic Diagnostics 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:    STANLEY J. MUSIAL
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                                               Stanley J. Musial
                                               Chief Financial Officer


Dated:  July 24, 2003

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


 Exhibit Number                         Exhibit Title
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99              Press release issued by Strategic Diagnostics Inc. on
                July 24, 2003, furnished in accordance with Item 9 of this
                Current Report on Form 8-K.








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