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FOOT-AND-MOUTH: TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS

August 8th, 2007 Julia Day

By Erik Millstone, STEPS Centre member

The new UK foot and mouth crisis highlights the need for the government to drag the veterinary medicines directorate into the 21st century, says Erik Millstone in a comment piece for the Guardian’s Comment is Free website.

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