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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8023

9 August 2001
(eu) eu/fraud
Olaf examines reports on measures taken in United Kingdom to combat foot-and-mouth

Brussels, 08/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The EU's Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf) said on Wednesday that it was following closely the issue of compensations paid to British livestock farmers for the slaughter of their herds of animals having contracted foot-and-mouth, while remaining cautious as to its intentions of whether r not to launch an investigation into allegations of fraud against the Community budget. "For now, we are examining three reports from the Food and Veterinary Office drawn up in...