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Understanding the true burden of Infectious Intestinal Disease in the UK

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Cymraeg The third study of infectious intestinal disease (IID3) aims to quantify the rates of infection reported across primary care and NHS 111/NHS 24 call services and quantify the level of underreporting in order to make new estimates of the …

British Science Week 2025: Adapting to the changing food landscape

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British Science Week 2025: Adapting to the changing food landscape

Cymraeg British Science Week runs this year from 7th to 16th March. This is a celebration of science, technology, engineering, and maths run by the British Science Association. Each year has a different theme, with this year's theme being ‘change …

International Women’s Day 2025: Celebrating Women in Science at the FSA

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Cymraeg The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is kicking off British Science Week 2025 by celebrating International Women’s Day, and our 2025 award-winning MHI and Vet of the Year. See what else we have planned for British Science Week at the …

Precision Breeding – Publication of Draft Guidance

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Wheat field

This week, draft secondary legislation necessary to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 for plants in England was laid in Parliament. The Government wants to introduce precision breeding technology due to its potential to increase food production, reduce …