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<p>Veterinarians play a vital role in safeguarding United Kingdom public health, maintaining
animal health and welfare and enabling trade. We value their work, and we want to
ensure that they can continue to make an important contribution. Ministers in the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and officials at the Food Standards
Agency have been talking to representatives of the profession to ensure that those
who do such an essential job continue to feel valued and to play the important role
they do in assuring the public of the very high standards of food hygiene.</p><p>
</p><p>The Food Standards Agency are working on a number of contingencies to ensure
that we maintain the excellent standards of food safety that the UK currently enjoys,
and maintain an effective workforce.</p>
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