Brucella Canis

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Dear Animal and Plant Health Agency,

Please can you tell me what brucella species the antigen used in a) your SAT test, and B) your iELISA test is derived from?

Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Wendy Lovatt

APHA Access to Information Team (ATI),

Our ref: FOI2023/08992

Dear W Lovatt

Thank you for your email which we received on the 10 May requesting
information. Your request is being considered in respect to the access to
information legislation.

We aim to answer your request no later than 8th June, which is 20 working
days from the date we received it. If we are unable to meet this deadline
we will contact you to explain the reason.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact us at the email
address below.

Yours sincerely

Access to Information Team

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APHA Access to Information Team (ATI),

Dear W Lovatt,

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 10 May,
about Brucella Canis information. We are handling your request under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

We are writing to advise you that the time limit for responding to your
request for information under the FOIA needs to be extended.

The FOIA allows us 20 working days to respond to your request from the
date that we received it. However, section 10(3) of the FOIA provides
that, where we have to consider the balance of the public interest in
relation to a qualified exemption that applies to the requested
information, we can extend the 20-working-day time limit for issuing a
response until such time as is reasonable in the circumstances.

In this case, we regret that we must extend the time limit for responding
by 20 working days because the information requested is being considered
under one or more of the FOIA's exemptions to which the public interest
test applies. This means that we need to assess whether in all the
circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the
exemption(s) outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information
and some extra time is needed to determine this.

The particular qualified exemption we are considering in relation to your
request is Section 22 - Future Publication.

Yours sincerely

Access to Information Team

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Dear W Lovatt,

Please find attached the response to your request of 10th May for
information on Brucella Canis information.

Yours sincerely

Access to Information Team

[1][Animal and Plant Health Agency request email]

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