The NFF’s 23 December 2011 submission to the report ‘A review of Australia’s preparedness for the threat of foot-and-mouth disease’ (the Matthews Report) highlights a raft of positive recommendations that, if implemented, would markedly advance Australia’s ability to prevent, and if necessary respond to, a food-and-mouth disease incursion.
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