SOP Bulletin No. 96

8 — th Floor, 259 Queen St, Brisbane — 1 — st Floor Blackburn House, 199 Grenfell St, Adelaide

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26 September 2005

THE FOLLOWING RMA SOPS WILL TAKE EFFECT ON 28 SEPTEMBER, 2005

IMPORTANT OPERATIONAL FEATURES

• Herbicides factor / definition
• In the RH SOP this factor now covers a wider range of chemicals and activities and it now has a 30 day exposure requirement (previously any exposure).
• In the BOP SOP the factor has been deleted.

• The being in Vietnam factor in the RH SOP now includes being on a vessel and consuming potable water distilled from estuarine Vietnamese waters.
• The animal fat factor has been modified.  It now requires a lower minimum daily intake (50 gm v 70gm) and the increased intake now has to occur for a shorter period (now 5 yrs RH, 10 yrs BOP: previously 20 yrs RH, 25 yrs BOP), BUT, the increased intake now has to be maintained for 5 yrs/10yrs within the 25 years before disease onset.

• Amendment to instrument number only.  No operational effect.