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Editorial
Nature 449, 259-260 (20 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449259b; Published online 19 September 2007
Regulatory failures
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Abstract
Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have revealed unacceptable shortcomings in UK regulation.
Nothing gets a British prime minister to the emergency-response table quicker than a security threat, and biosecurity is no exception. Gordon Brown has already found himself having to respond promptly to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, as did his predecessor Tony Blair.
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