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FARMERS WEEKLY INTERACTIVE NEWSLETTER
23 July 2002
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AN OFFICIAL inquiry into the foot-and-mouth epidemic has delivered a damning indictment of the government's handling of the crisis.
Ministers did not have an adequate contingency plan to tackle the outbreak, claims the "Lessons Learned" inquiry, headed by former Downing Street advisor Iain Anderson.
The Ministry of Agriculture was too slow to act and when the crisis escalated it was gripped by panic, says the report which was published on Monday (22 July) afternoon.
"The 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak was an emergency that became a crisis, and in some parts of the country it became a disaster," Dr Anderson told reporters.
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Johann Tasker
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Report damns virus handling
AN OFFICIAL inquiry into foot-and-mouth delivers a damning indictment of the government's handling of the crisis http://www.fwi.co.uk/article.asp?con=4781&sec=18&hier=2
Beckett admits mistakes
MARGARET Beckett admits that the government made mistakes in its handling of foot-and-mouth http://www.fwi.co.uk/article.asp?con=4783&sec=18&hier=2
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Birdsong sweet in beet fields
THE government recognises sugar-beet growers as increasingly environmentally friendly http://www.fwi.co.uk/article.asp?con=4790&sec=18&hier=2
Scots welcome Anderson report
THE foot-and-mouth outbreak was better managed in Scotland, says the Anderson report
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POTATO and bulb growers could face tighter restrictions under proposals to change the EU controls on Potato Cyst Nematode http://www.fwi.co.uk/article.asp?con=4786&sec=2&hier=66
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