Over Thirty Month Old Heifer Enters UK Food Chain Without Being Tested For BSE
The Food Standards Agency, UK, has been notified that an Over Thirty Month (OTM) heifer has entered the food chain without being tested for BSE. Testing of bovine animals is mandatory in those intended for human consumption that are over thirty months at slaughter.The heifer had its specified risk material removed, that is. those parts of the animal that would contain more than 99% of any infectivity that would be present if the animal had BSE.
