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| • | July
2000: MAFF FMD Contingency
Plan revised: |
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| – | No
major changes. |
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| – | Included
warnings that important elements now |
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| contravened
European legislation and should be |
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| ignored. |
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| – | Included
inaccurate information, e.g., about hiring |
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| heavy
equipment from National Rivers Authority |
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| (abolished
in 1996) |
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| – | Assumed
worst outbreak would involve a |
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| maximum
of 30 cases, which could be handled by |
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| a
couple of dozen staff. |
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| (source: Sunday
Times, 23 Dec ’01) |