My two veterinary officers at Buenos Aires maintain close contact with the veterinary authorities in South America and regularly visit slaughterhouses, processing plants, cold stores and other premises used in connection with the export of meat to this country. They supervise the inspection of as many of the carcases as possible for any evidence of foot-and-mouth disease virus. In addition, the live animals are inspected at the unloading points at the railheads. No part of a carcase is shipped from South America to this country if any evidence of disease is found in any part of it, nor are any animals from an infected consignment slaughtered for export to Great Britain.