APHA Conference, Manchester
9th-11th September 2008
The APHA conference this year is themed on partnership working and will take place over three days in Manchester. Topics covered include imported food controls, international health and public health on ships and aircraft. More Information.

GRAIL Imported Food
Database Launched
The Food Standards Agency have launched a new version of the GRAIL database which provides up to date legislation and guidance on enforcing imported food controls. More information on the FSA website.

International Trade Single Window
The ITSW project is aimed at simplifying UK trade procedures for businesses and the government. You can see the latest update on progress including the Automatic Licence Verification project and the Online Trade Tariff in this newsletter. 

Foot and Mouth Disease Review
The independent review of the 2007 Foot and Mouth outbreak has been published. The review concludes that the handling of the outbreak was better than in 2001 but there were still a number of deficiencies. The full report is available from the Cabinet Office.