Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for

An officer of [The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food] [The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland] [the Welsh Office]) to purchase within four weeks of the date hereof... 

The preparation of the materials and the verification of their homogeneity and stability was carried out by the Netherlands Institute for Fishery Investigations (RIVO) in Ijmuiden (The Netherlands). The following laboratories participated in the certification Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, Pitlochry (United Kingdom) Fisheries Research Centre, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Free University of Amsterdam... 

The CRM 420 was prepared by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland in Aberdeen (United Kingdom) whereas the CRM 449 was prepared by SGS-Depauw and Stokoe n.v. EcoCare in Antwerpen (Belgium). 

CEGB — Central Electricity Generating Board DAFS — Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland... 

Agriculture and Fisheries Department for Scotland, ICI Nobel s Explosives Company Ltd Disposal of Waste Materials Arising from the Production of Explosives. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, 1990. 

In Canada, routine monitoring of drug residues in edible animal tissues is an integral part of the Canadian federal meat inspection system of the Food Production and Inspection Branch, Federal Department of Agriculture and AgriFood. Monitoring for antibiotic residues in cultured fish is the responsibility of the Inspection Service Branch, Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 

In the UK the Joint Food Science and Safety Group of the Department of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food have published the results of many analyses for chemical contaminants in food carried out under their Food Surveillance Programme. In many cases the raw data from these surveys are available for analysis. Table 2.1 lists the results of analyses for lead in some samples of cow, sheep and pig kidney obtained in Scotland and England.5 There are clear differences between species and some evidence of differences between sampling locations. What is not clear is the extent to which the variability observed is due to real and consistent differences between species and location or to normal biological variation. 

Under the Medicines Act 1968, the Licensing Authority is the Minister of Health, the Secretary of State for Health in Scotland, the Minister of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Agriculture in Scotland and the Secretary of State for Agriculture in Northern Ireland. The day-to-day administration of the Act for human medicines was delegated to the Medicines Division of the Department of Health and Society Security (DHSS) and was managed jointly by an Under Secretary and the Professional Head of the Division, who held the rank of Senior Principal Medical Officer. 

The choice of internal standards was left to each individual laboratory. However, a series of pure dichlorobenzylalkyl eythers (DCBEs) was made available by the Scottish Office, Agriculture and Fisheries Department (United Kingdom) for use with the calibrants and samples. A list of internal standards used by the participating laboratories is given in the certification report [32]. 

The distribution of merciny in seawater has been measured by a number of workers and their results are shown in Table VI which is based on the excellent reviews by Jones (1975) and Steering (1976). As can be seen from this table, the reported values range over three orders of magnitude and some of the high levels, e.g., Carr et al. (1974), should be harmful to marine animals. However, unpublished work by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food laboratory at Lowestoft (Hamilton Dock) and the Department of Agriculture for Scotland laboratory at Aberdeen has indicated that only a proportion of this mercury... 

BIOSECURITY AUSTRALIA. (2009a), Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 2009, Import Risk Analysis Handbook 20(17 (update 2009), Canberra. Available at http //www.daff.gov.au/ data/assets/pdf file/0003/ 1177833/IRA handbook 2009 FINAL FOR WEB.pdf (accessed on 30th March 2011). 

Compilation of this flavonoid database could not have taken place without funding from the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD), the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, UK, and the EU Framework V Programme. We are also grateful to Dr Geraldine McNeil for much needed help and advice. 

In Canada, the federal mandate for food control rests with four departments Health Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Eood Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and Industry Canada. A cooperative relationship exists among departments with the ultimate goal of creating a harmonized and streamlined national food control system. All four departments ensure the application of food safety standards in their areas of responsibility to prevent or eliminate human health and safety threats created through chemical, biological, physical, or other hazards. 

In the UK, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food and the Department of Health have conducted four sets of food consumption surveys between 1983 and 1997. These surveys make up the UK s National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) program. The UK has conducted surveys for infants [15], schoolchildren [16], adults [17], and most recently, yoimg people [18]. The food consumption information from these surveys is used for the various UK dietary exposure models, including the TMDI and the NESTI calculations. Elsewhere in the EU, dietary risk assessments may be based upon national food consultation surveys, such as the German data [20], or upon the regional diets... 

The authors would like to thank all of the members of the JoNuS Project Team for interesting discussions about nutrient transformations in estuaries and coastal environments. JoNuS (Joint Nutrient Study) seeks to quantify the transport of nutrients from land to sea and is funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of the Environment and the National Rivers Authority (all UK). The views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the policy of the funding departments. 

Quimica Ambiental, Barcelona (Spain) ENEA, Divisione di Chimica Ambien-tale, Rome (Italy) Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Burnham-on-Crouch (United Kingdom) Universiteit Antwerp, Dept. Schiekunde, (Belgium) Universite de Bordeaux I, Lab. Photophysique et Phtotochimie Moleculaire, Talence (France) Universite de Pau, Lab. Chimie Analytique, Pau (France) University of Plymouth, Department of Environmental Sciences, Plymouth (United Kingdom) Universidad de Sevilla, Departamento de Quimica, Sevilla (Spain)... 

The main authority for regulation of pesticides in Canada resides in two Acts of Parliament, the Pest Control Products Act, administered by Agriculture Canada, and the Food and Drugs Act, administered by Health and Welfare Canada. This dichotomy of authority necessitates close cooperation between the two departments. In addition, various other acts address such aspects as water quality, fisheries, wildlife, etc., with respect to pesticides. 

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