We have already achieved a great deal, for example:the Food Standards Agency has initiated a £20 million "Food Hygiene" awareness and publicity campaign which will incorporate food safety advice on E.coli O157;the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH) has been provided with appropriate additional funding from 2001-02, in order to initiate an enhanced programme of infection and disease surveillance;formal guidance has been issued to the National Reference Laboratory (SERL) restating protocols consistent with task force recommendations;guidance has been issued to water authorities on the need to give particular attention to testing water from high-risk catchment areas for coliforms and E.coli O157;Private Water Supply Regulation: a consultation was issued in November 2001;Guidance on Recreational Use of Animal Pasture, was distributed to relevant organisations in March...