Government lab blamed for foot-and-mouth



 
Government lab blamed for foot-and-mouth


Blunders at a government-run laboratory have been blamed for last month's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which cost British farmers more than £30m. A combination of leaking pipes, rows over who should pay for repairs, poor checks on vehicles leaving the site and unexpected flooding was the most likely cause of the virus escaping, two official inquiries concluded in reports published yesterday.

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News entry number 1228 added on Sep 8, 2007 in the Health category.

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