UK Gov confirms new Foot and Mouth leak
That's AND not IN
Cloud storage: Lower cost and increase uptime
The government has confirmed that it is investigating another "probable" leak of the foot and mouth virus from Pirbright, the site at the centre of the summer's outbreak of the disease.
There are two facilities on the Pirbright site: one is the government owned and managed Institute for Animal Health, and the other, Merial, a commercial operation that works to synthesise the virus for use in vaccines.
Environment Secretary Hillary Benn issued a written statement saying that investigators have been dispatched to the Merial lab on the site. He said inspectors have been assured that the virus, which escaped through a leaky valve last week, has not escaped into the environment.
Benn said the leak was discovered less than two weeks after Defra (Department for Food, the Environment and Rural Affairs) restored Merial Animal Health's licence to use the virus for vaccine production. On 19 November, some of the virus was found to be missing, and the leak attributed to a broken valve. All operations were immediately stopped and the equipment was decontaminated, he added.
In the summer, the Health and Safety Executive was not able to determine which of the two facilities on Pirbright was responsible for the outbreak of the virus.
Foot and Mouth has an incubation period of up to 14 days, so it will be some time before local farmers will know whether or not the virus was indeed contained. ®
COMMENTS
Re: opened the pharoah's tomb
Actually ...
http://www.tutankhamunexhibitionlondon.co.uk/
Spooky! Although as I recall the plagues were allegedly brought down by the Christian god (Yaweh, aka God v1.0, from the Old Testament) rather than Egyptian gods - and anyway I don't remember the bit about the bank run in the Bible. :)
no big surprise !
No big surprise , since 2003 the government of Tony Blair and all his ministers combined have suffered from foot in mouth disease anyway !
Has someone opened a pharaoh's tomb?
Since Brown took over we've had floods, storms, economic collapse, a run on the banks, plague, pestilence, a meltdown of security and terrorism. It'll be the death of the first born next.
Agentless Backup is Not a Myth
Steps to Take Before Choosing a Business Continuity Partner
Requirements Checklist for Choosing a Cloud Backup and Recovery Service Provider
Cloud storage: Lower cost and increase uptime
SaaS data loss: The problem you didn’t know you had
