THE Government's mass cull to combat FMD was based on flawed scientific advice, its former chief scientist said this week.
Dr David Shannon said the committee that advised the Prime Minister made incorrect assumptions about the outbreak.
In an interview with a national newspaper, he said the group did not fully understand the disease, the food industry, or farming practices.
But Prof King said he had "some reason to feel quite happy" with the group's conduct, which had been praised in two respected science journals.
"I derive some encouragement from these reports, which state that the action of the Science Group was responsible for mitigating the epidemic."
Updated: 10:17 Thursday, February 21, 2002
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