Published 1988 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

MAFF responsibilities and procedures and coordination with local authorities

  • 1. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London (UK)

Description

After describing the routine responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), with respect to radioactive contamination, the role of MAFF in emergency situations is described. The prime objective is to protect the population from radioactively contaminated food. This involves field monitoring programmes and diet studies. Examples are given of the response by MAFF to the Chernobyl incident and the administrative lessons learnt are listed. (U.K.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Radiation monitoring - the role of local authorities
Imprint Pagination
21 p.
Journal Issue
no.17
Series
London Environmental Supplement.
Journal Page Range
p. 7-9.
Report number
INIS-GB--180

Conference

Title
Symposium on radiation monitoring - the role of local authorities.
Dates
29 Jan 1988.
Place
London (UK).