2 DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY ENVIRONMENT AGENCY FOODSTANDARD AGENCY FOOD STANDARDS SCOTLAND NATURAL RESOURCES WALES NORTHERN IRELAND ENVIRONMENT AGENCY SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY Summary of Radioactivity in Food and the Environment in the UK, 2004-2016 October 2019 3 This report was compiled by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Environment Agency, Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland, Natural Resources Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Front cover picture: © Crown Copyright, 2019 Requests for the reproduction of materials contained in this report and for other information should be addressed to one of the following: The Nuclear Directorate of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (
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