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Disease cost-sharing stalemate continues despite new talks on TB
The NFU has confirmed that it is not engaged in any discussions with DEFRA on livestock disease cost and responsibility sharing.
04 November 2008

Delay in BSE testing decision could 'cost beef millions'
The UK's beef industry could lose millions of pounds over the delay in the Food Standards Agency's decision to raise the cattle BSE testing limit to 48 months.
20 October 2008

Multi-million pound savings possible from BSE testing change
Moves are afoot in Brussels to raise the age at which animals have to be tested for BSE, potentially saving the meat industry millions of pounds in costs.
17 July 2008

Food safety chief calls for relaxation of BSE controls
Europe's ban on the use of pig and poultry meat and bonemeal should be lifted, to release more grain for human consumption as so ease the world food crisis, according to head of the European Food Safety Authority, Patrick Wall.
03 June 2008

EU to raise age limit for bone-in beef
EU scientists have agreed to lift the age at which vertebral column has to be removed from cattle carcases, from 24 months to 30 months.
08 October 2007

DEFRA report supports government policy on BSE cohorts
A Veterinary Risk Assessment performed by DEFRA which considered the culling options for BSE cohort cattle in the UK has supported the government’s policy of removing cohorts as soon as possible
22 May 2007

EU scientist report could trigger BSE rule change
EU scientists have concluded that BSE infectivity is undetectable, if not totally absent, in cattle aged 33 months or less - an opinion that could signal a change in the rules governing the sale of beef-on-the-bone
17 May 2007

Book pre-1996 cattle into disposal scheme soon if you want to avoid charges - NFU
The NFU is advising producers to enter any pre-1996 cattle into the Older Cattle Disposal Scheme as soon as possible or face having to pay for their removal as fallen stock once the scheme finishes
15 May 2007

Scots press to raise beef-on-bone age limit
EU scientists have concluded that BSE is undetectable in cattle aged 33 months or less – an opinion that could signal a change in the rules governing the sale of beef-on-the-bone.
11 May 2007

Cattle hides worth £1m languish in tanneries because of red tape
More than 100,000 low-value hides from cattle slaughtered under the Older Cattle Disposal Scheme (OCDS) are languishing in two UK tanneries – and noboby knows what to do with them
27 March 2007

UK's first case of H-type BSE confirmed by DEFRA
DEFRA has reported the UK’s first case of H-type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. During routine research carried out by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, test results revealed a single case of H-type BSE in 2005
09 March 2007