[Nuclear energy and the Veterinary Inspection for Public Health].

The history of those survey programmes concerned with nuclear energy, which were carried out by the National Institute of Public Health (RIV) in co-operation with the Veterinary Chief Inspectorate (VHI), starting with the measurement of fission products originating from fall-out and nuclear arms tests, in food such as milk, meat, etc. and gradually passing into the survey of grass and milk from the areas surrounding nuclear facilities, is reviewed.