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The United Kingdom Committee on the Properties of Steam has published U.K. Steam Tables in SI Units . These tables, although published in 1970, use IPTS-48. The tables include values for the specific enthalpy, entropy, volume, and heat capacity. Data are given for the saturation line for the temperature range 0.01 to 374.15 °C, pressure range 0.006 11 to 221.2 bar, and for water substances at pressures 0 to 1000 bar and temperatures 0 to 800 °C. 

U.K. Steam Tables in SI Units 1970 published for the United Kingdom Committee on the Properties of Steam, by E. Arnold, London, 1970. 

UK Department of Health (1991) Dietary Reference Values for Food Energy and Nutrients for the United Kingdom. Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy Report on Health and Social Subjects, No 41, Her Majesty s Stationery Office, London. 

Stacey s success brought him many honors and he was the recipient of awards both from the United Kingdom and abroad. The Meldola Medal, awarded to him at the early age of 26, and the Inaugural Haworth Medal in 1970 were especially gratifying to him. He gave many prestigious lectures and served on numerous scientific committees and boards of governors. He was vice-president of the Chemical Society on four occasions and president of its Perkin Division. He was elected F.R.S. in 1950 and appointed C.B.E. in 1966. 

This series of texts is a result of an initiative by the Committee of Heads of Polytechnic Chemistry Departments in the United Kingdom, A project team based at Thames Polytechnic using funds available from the Manpower Services Commission Open Tech Project has organised and managed the development of the material suitable for use by Distance Learners . The contents of the various units have been identified, planned and written almost exclusively by groups of polytechnic staff, who are both expert in the subject area and are currently teaching in analytical chemistry. 

Pesticide Residue Committee (2001). Annual Report of the Pesticide Residue Committee 2001. United Kingdom Food Standards Agency. 

The recognised body in the United Kingdom for the preparation of specifications for quality, performance or dimensions, methods of test, definitions and symbols, codes of practice, etc. British Standards are prepared under the guidance of representative committees and are widely circulated before they are authorised for publication. BSI co-operates in preparing international standards for rubber and plastics through ISO/TC45 and ISO/TC61 respectively. See ISO. 

In the United Kingdom, the Committee on Safety of Medicines (reporting to the Minister of Health) regulates drug safety and development under the Medicines Act... 

The states of Europe have a deep history of pharmacopeial activity that even now is evidenced in publications by the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, and Russia that date from the late 18th century. European unification as a modern process saw the creation of a common drug standard in 1964. The European Pharmacopoeia (EP) grew out of subsequent discussions within the European Economic Committee to establish a common set of rules and guidelines for the quality of drugs among the member states. 

The most serious association of antibiotics with salmonellosis was the 1965 outbreak in England of phage type 29 Salmonella typhimurium, resistant to tetracyclines. Six human deaths were attributed to this epidemic. It was traced to "shotgun" treatment of young calves with antibiotics followed by wide dispersal of the calves ( ). Although this epidemic did not involve the use of livestock feeds containing antibiotics, the seriousness of the outbreak led to an inquiry in the UK and a report by the Swann Committee, 1969, into this use. The report of the committee called for a stop to the use of certain common antibiotics in animal feeds in the United Kingdom. 

In the development of most new active substances, it is required to investigate the disposition of the compound and its metabolite(s) and their rates and routes of elimination. This is generally carried out with radiolabelled compound, usually In the United Kingdom, approval of the Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC) is required for administration of radiolabelled compound to man. The purpose of the submission is to demonstrate that the dose of absorbed radiation is minimised by administration of the lowest dose that is consistent with meeting the objectives of the study. In general, the estimated absorbed radiation dose should be less than 500 xSv, but higher amoimts are permissible if they can be justified. The estimate is based on tissue distribution of radioactivity in animals and the pharmacokinetics in animals and man. 

In the United Kingdom, the present yellow card system had its origins in 1965, when Witts, who was then a member of the Committee on Safety of Drugs (the precursor to the CSM), published a method for the collection of suspected adverse reactions to drugs. 

The three Health Ministers of the United Kingdom, in consultation with the medical and pharmaceutical professions and the ABPl, set up the Committee on Safety of Drugs (CSD) in June 1963. The three Health Ministers were the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland. 

In the early 1990 s, the Committee on Safety of Medicines of the United Kingdom concluded that the risks of treatment with triazolam at the licensed doses (0.25 and 0.125 mg) outweighed the benefits. The United Kingdom and a few other countries banned triazolam primarily because of persistent reports of adverse reactions. As of 1992, France, Spain, and New Zealand suspended the 0.25-mg dose of triazolam but allowed continued marketing of the 0.125-mg dose, whereas Canada and Japan lowered the recommended starting dose for nonelderly insomniacs to 0.125 mg. 

Force, but only three additional squadrons instead of ten for the Far East, and with FAA requirements to be met by making Home and FAA squadrons interchangeable. The source of these ideas was almost certainly Trenchard, who was advising the Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, Fisher, at the time. A Cabinet sub-committee on the allocation of air forces in July 1934 agreed with the Admiralty that FAA squadrons had to be kept separate, but otherwise accepted Chamberlain s view that the RAF should be concentrated in the United Kingdom, recommending thirty-three additional squadrons for the Home Defence Force, four for the Far East, and four-and-a-half for the FAA. ... 

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