Mutual recognition is a procedure under which a pharmaceutical company, having obtained a marketing authorisation for its veterinary medicinal product in one member state, can apply to one or more of the other member states to recognise that approval and grant identical authorisations. Natural toxicants These are poisonous substances which occur naturally in a wide variety of foods. Consuming normal amounts of foods containing these substances causes no harm. A Non-Departmental Public Body is an organisation which has a role in the processes of national government, but is not a government department or part of one, and accordingly operates to a greater or lesser extent at arm's length from Ministers. The Next Steps initiative was launched in 1988 to improve management in government by promoting general principles of good management, including accountability, delegation and openness.
Nolan principles Are the general principles of conduct which underpin public life.
These are selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. The Government's new health strategy for England. A Green Paper for consultation is to be published this winter, leading to a White Paper for summer 1998. Amongst the most common Parliamentary Select Committees are the departmentally-related Select Committees which examine the expenditure, administration and policy of government departments and associated public bodies. Any micro-organism that causes a disease.