Policy paper

Foot and mouth disease: Exercise Blackthorn evaluation 2018

Evaluation of Exercise Blackthorn, the UK’s national foot and mouth disease exercise.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 28 November 2018

Documents

National foot and mouth disease exercise evaluation and lessons identified report

PDF, 2.03 MB, 67 pages

Details

An evaluation and lessons identified report from Exercise Blackthorn, the UK’s national foot and mouth disease (FMD) exercise.

The purpose of Exercise Blackthorn was to test the four UK governments’ contingency plans for a UK-wide, medium to large outbreak of FMD.

Published 28 November 2018