Industry Welcome for New Agency ; Anew National Research Centre for Food and the Environment Is Aimed at Ensuring Defra Policy Decisions Are Firmly Based On Science and Evidence.

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Anew national research centre for food and the environment is aimed at ensuring Defra policy decisions are firmly based on science and evidence.

The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), which (ominously?) emerges on April 1, has been formed following a merger of Defra's Central Science Laboratory with the Plant Health Division, the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, the Plant Variety Rights Office and the Seeds Division - a move designed to strengthen the department's work in plant and crop protection, food chain safety, environmental risk assessment and crises response, said a spokesman.

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Industry Welcome for New Agency ; Anew National Research Centre for Food and the Environment Is Aimed at Ensuring Defra Policy Decisions Are Firmly Based On Science and Evidence.

Its formation has been welcomed by the National Farmers' Union, whose president, Peter Kendall, said: "In the 21...

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