INFORMATION BULLETIN
Ref: 57/08
Date: 25 February 2008
Date: 25 February 2008
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SAPO licence restored to Merial Animal Health
Defra has today restored the Specified Animal Pathogens Order (SAPO) licence to Merial Animal Health to permit the use of Foot and Mouth Disease and Bluetongue viruses for vaccine production.
This follows inspections by the Health and Safety Executive and Defra.
Further information
Merial Animal Health's SAPO licence was suspended on 21 November 2007.
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