Euro-vets inspect British abattoirs

EUROPEAN Commission veterinary experts are inspecting UK abattoirs this week as part of the ongoing drive to restart beef exports, reports the Financial Times.

European Union agriculture ministers have already agreed an end to the ban but exports cannot resume until the vets approve procedures for handling the meet.

• Hopes fade for Scots beef exports, FWi, 26 March, 1999
• Beef exports unlikely before summer, FWi, 03 March, 1999
• Struggle ahead despite end of beef export ban, Farmers Weekly, 27 November, 1998
• Financial Times 14/04/99 page 8 (News Digest)