Nonetheless we were also aware throughout of the practical and financial implications, for businesses and others, of any proposed changes. These were taken fully into account. We have also made recommendations for research and about the underlying systems and practices needed to identify, manage and control outbreaks of foodborne disease. The structure of this report reflects that approach. Acknowledgements 1.12 We were assisted in our work by helpful and constructive advice and assistance from many people and organisations.
Any omissions are purely accidental.
O157 carried out by Dr David Jenkinson. Copies of these documents, and of any of the other written evidence provided by those listed in Annex IV that was not submitted on a confidential basis, is available on request 3 . A large number of comments or representations were also received either in response to consultations undertaken on issues raised in the interim report or unsolicited. Our thanks are due to all those who contributed, whether on request or voluntarily, towards our deliberations, the production of this report and the recommendations it contains. Our grateful thanks are also due to the Secretariat to the Group without whom our work could not have been completed, and this report would not have been produced, within the ambitious timetable agreed.