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08/03/2006
UK beef exports to resume by ‘end of April’
EU veterinary experts today agreed in Brussels that the 10 year ban on the export of beef and cattle from the UK should be lifted. This means that exports should be able to resume by the end of April or early May.
A meeting of the EU Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCOFCAH) unanimously approved a Commission proposal to allow the UK to export cattle born on or after August 1 1996, and beef and beef products derived from cattle slaughtered after June 15 2005.
Announcing the decision to lift the ban the European Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said that the precautionary steps taken in relation to beef exports from the UK were necessary to protect consumers.
"The UK has made great strides in tackling this disease and has met all of the criteria that were set for the lifting of the beef export ban in line with the scientific and veterinary advice."
He said that "normal trade" regarding the exports of beef would be resumed.
Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Margaret Beckett, said: "This is excellent news for the British beef industry. This EU decision is a vindication of controls on BSE and our efforts to eradicate this disease.
"Britain's farmers produce high quality beef which will be in demand across Europe once the ban is lifted.
"We know that our beef is, at the very least, as safe as beef produced anywhere else in the EU."
Exports of beef and cattle, when they do resume, will be subject to certain rules.
National Famers Union estimates suggest that the ban cost the UK agricultural trade some £675 million per year.
Cattle born before August 1996 will remain permanently excluded from the domestic market and for export.
(GB/SP)
A meeting of the EU Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCOFCAH) unanimously approved a Commission proposal to allow the UK to export cattle born on or after August 1 1996, and beef and beef products derived from cattle slaughtered after June 15 2005.
Announcing the decision to lift the ban the European Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said that the precautionary steps taken in relation to beef exports from the UK were necessary to protect consumers.
"The UK has made great strides in tackling this disease and has met all of the criteria that were set for the lifting of the beef export ban in line with the scientific and veterinary advice."
He said that "normal trade" regarding the exports of beef would be resumed.
Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Margaret Beckett, said: "This is excellent news for the British beef industry. This EU decision is a vindication of controls on BSE and our efforts to eradicate this disease.
"Britain's farmers produce high quality beef which will be in demand across Europe once the ban is lifted.
"We know that our beef is, at the very least, as safe as beef produced anywhere else in the EU."
Exports of beef and cattle, when they do resume, will be subject to certain rules.
National Famers Union estimates suggest that the ban cost the UK agricultural trade some £675 million per year.
Cattle born before August 1996 will remain permanently excluded from the domestic market and for export.
(GB/SP)
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