Iqela le-BFRL lasekwa ngo-1997, ngokudibanisa abavelisi bezixhobo ezimbini eziphambili zohlalutyo, ezinembali ezukileyo engaphezu kweminyaka engama-60 kwimveliso yesixhobo sechromatograph kunye nophuhliso olugqwesileyo lweminyaka engama-50 kwimveliso yesixhobo se-spectroscopic, ukuya kuthi ga kumakhulu amawaka ezixhobo ezinikezelweyo. iindawo ezahlukeneyo ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe.