He also used misconduct procedures to seize the raw data.[1] The Rowett Institute eventually published an audit criticizing Pusztai's results[7] and sent the raw data to six anonymous reviewers, who also criticized Pusztai's work.[8][9] Pusztai sent the audit report and his rebuttal to scientists who requested it, and in February 1999, twenty-one European and American scientists released a memo supporting Pusztai.[10]