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Farm Vaccine Use Rises in Bid to Reduce Antibiotic Usage Further
Whilst childhood vaccination rates fall in England, numbers for livestock vaccination have never been higher.
New ECS Committee places announced
The new roles of Policy Officer, Welfare Officer, Undergraduate Officer, and Podcast Editor for the ECS committee have been filled.
EFRA committee publishes SfAM response to the plastic food packaging inquiry
The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has published SfAM's written evidence submitted to the inquiry into plastic food packaging.
Science policy report: Food safety and food manufacturing and processing
This briefing focuses on recent and upcoming developments in food processing, food manufacture and the wider food supply chain, which will have an impact on risks related to harmful microorganisms (such as bacteria and viruses) and their toxins in foods.
Big Shoes to Fill
Meet our next ECS committee chair, Jennie French.
EMI Lecture 2019: Professor Juan Luis Ramos
The double life of Pseudomonas putida: ubiquitous soil bacteria and useful microbial chassis.
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