Cunningham amends sheep spinal cord rules

22 May 1998

Cunningham amends sheep spinal cord rules

RULES on removing the spinal cord from sheep carcasses are to change, Jack Cunningham, agriculture minister, announced last night.

The amendment is an attempt to enable UK sheep producers to regain the lost French export market. French buyers prefer a whole carcass.

• Financial Times 22/05/98 page 20