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Report on the circumstances leading to the 1996 outbreak of infection with E.coli 0157 in Central Scotland, the implications for food safety and the lessons to be learned.
 
ANNEX I
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The Pennington Group
Chairman: Professor Hugh Pennington Professor of Bacteriology, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen
Members: Dr John Cowden Consultant Epidemiologist, Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health
Dr Helen Zealley Director of Public Health, Lothian Health Board; Chairman, Scottish Group of Directors of Public Health
Mr John Summers Director of Technical and Leisure Services, Moray Council; Immediate Past President of the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland
Mrs Ann Foster Director, Scottish Consumer Council
Dr Rosalind Skinner Head of The Scottish Office Department of Health, Public Health Policy Medical Division
Mr Stephen Rooke Chief Food and Dairy Officer, The Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department
The Group was advised and assisted in its work by:
  Sir David Carter Chief Medical Officer, The Scottish Office Department of Health
Mr Keith McIntosh Then Head of Agriculture Policy Division, The Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department (Departmental Assessor)
Mr Robin Weatherston Secretary
Mr Gary Cox} Secretariat
Miss Valerie Rintoul}
Those who attended meetings as Observers from other central Government departments were
  Sir Kenneth Calman Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health
Dr Robert Mitchell Branch Head, Food Hygiene Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Mr Tom Murray Head of Food Hygiene Legislation Policy Unit, Department of Health
Dr Richard Harding Head of Food Hygiene Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
       
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