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): March 17, 2004
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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 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

         On March 17, 2004, Strategic Diagnostics Inc. issued a press release
announcing that it had entered into a long-term joint marketing and services
agreement with Epitomics, Inc. 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
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                                              Stanley J. Musial
                                              Chief Financial Officer


Dated: March 19, 2004



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