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Cutting plants authorised to remove OTM vertebral column

Thursday 22 November 2007

On 7 November 2005, the Over Thirty Months (OTM) Rule, a BSE control that banned OTM cattle from entering the food chain, was replaced by BSE testing of older cattle. Cattle older than thirty months can now enter the food chain if they test negative for BSE.

A number of cutting plants, listed below, have been licensed to remove specified risk material bovine vertebral column from OTM animals.

Other plants will be added to this list as they are licensed.

For further information about OTM licensed cutting plants, please contact:
Chris Walding
Food Standards Agency
Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6NH

Tel: 020 7276 8334

Email: chris.walding@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

Information on OTM abattoirs can be found on the Defra website at the link below.

Related links

Download excel  (Excel 37KB) OTM Rule Review Further information on the OTM rule

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