Cow beef joins list of exports to resume after EU ban is lifted
UK - Scotland's first export of cow beef for a decade will leave Galashiels slaughterhouse tomorrow for the Netherlands. Source: Scotsman

End To Ten Year British Beef Ban
UK - A European Commission ban on British beef exports has officially ended, 10 years after it was imposed to prevent the spread of mad cow disease. Source: AJC Consultants

NBA says exports will lift beef prices 20%
UK - The chairman of the National Beef Association stuck his neck out yesterday by forecasting that beef prices would rise by 20 per cent soon after the beef export ban ends on 3 May. Source: The Scotsman

British Beef Back On Sale
UK - Cumbria farmers have welcomed the lifting of the 10-year ban on British beef exports. The embargo is set to be lifted next month after a committee of European vets ruled BSE has dropped to safe levels in British cattle. Trevor Wilson, of Low Bankside...

Beef exports face ten-week delay
UK - The resumption of beef exports from the UK - a trade potentially worth £150 million to the Scottish economy - is unlikely before late March 2006, and that date may be optimistic. Following extensive checks over the summer by EU health...

Ongoing BSE cases linked to dirty feed bins
UK - Veterinary scientists now believe that dirty feed bins are the most likely cause of cattle born after the end of July 1996 developing BSE. That was when a ban was introduced on the use of bonemeal, identified as the source of the BSE epidemic...

OTMS will come to an end in weeks
UK - The ending of the over-30-month scheme on 23 January has been officially confirmed by DEFRA this week, although there continue to be rumblings of disquiet among Scottish producers, who fear the timing is unfair. Northumberland beef producer...

NFU to Prepare Cheshire Farmers for More Changes in Beef Market
UK - Uncertainty once again surrounds the Cheshire farming industry as it enters yet another period of change now that cattle over thirty months old is allowed back into the food chain. Following the BSE scare of 1996, the Government brought...

End To Over 30 Month Rule Is Good News For Beef Industry
UK - The Over Thirty Month (OTM) rule was lifted on Monday. The OTM Rule, which stops older cattle entering the human food chain, has been in place since March 1996. It is now being replaced with a BSE testing regime. Northern Ireland Agriculture...

UK lifts ban on older cattle entering food chain
UK - Britain's farm ministry on Monday lifted a ban on some older cattle entering the food chain, removing a key measure used to combat deadly mad cow disease. The move, which had been expected, provided a boost for Britain's beef industry which...

Help for beef farmers in resuming exports
UK - There was good news for beef producers yesterday from the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a joint announcement that everything possible will be...

Government consults on lifting BSE export ban
UK - The Government today began a consultation on expected changes to UK legislation to lift the EU ban on the export of beef, bovine products and live cattle. The consultation also deals with consequential changes to controls on Specified Risk Materials...

Government consults on lifting BSE export ban
UK - The Government today began a consultation on expected changes to UK legislation to lift the EU ban on the export of beef, bovine products and live cattle. The consultation also deals with consequential changes to controls on Specified Risk Materials...

Help for beef farmers in resuming exports
UK - There was good news for beef producers yesterday from the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a joint announcement that everything possible...

Another Export Hurdle Cleared
UK - Another significant step forward towards beef exports was taken this week in Brussels. The EU Commissions Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) endorsed a veterinary report on the UK beef sector. This is a very significant...

Another Export Hurdle Cleared
UK - Another significant step forward towards beef exports was taken this week in Brussels. The EU Commissions Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) endorsed a veterinary report on the UK beef sector. This is a very significant...

Anti-BSE control measures 'failed'
UK - Serious failures in anti-BSE controls led to cattle illegally entering the food chain with cattle aged over 30 months being slaughtered for human consumption in breach of UK legislation, according to the Meat Hygiene Service's 2004/05 report. Eighteen...

Anti-BSE control measures 'failed'
UK - Serious failures in anti-BSE controls led to cattle illegally entering the food chain with cattle aged over 30 months being slaughtered for human consumption in breach of UK legislation, according to the Meat Hygiene Service's 2004/05 report....

Older cattle to enter food chain subject to BSE testing
UK - Advice from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that Defra's proposed robust BSE testing system for older cattle should replace the Over Thirty Months (OTM) rule, was accepted today by the Government. New legislation to replace the OTM rule by BSE...

Older cattle to enter food chain subject to BSE testing
UK - Advice from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that Defra's proposed robust BSE testing system for older cattle should replace the Over Thirty Months (OTM) rule, was accepted today by the Government. New legislation to replace the OTM rule...