date:Jun 07, 2013
of the animals most likely to contain BSE, the specified risk material, had been removed and destroyed.
Under the BSE regulations, as a precaution, the animal slaughtered immediately before the untested cattle and the two immediately after it are also stopped from entering the food supply.
First incident
In the first incident, a cow aged 72 months and 3 days was slaughtered on 23 July 2012 at J A Jewitt (Meat) Ltd, a combined abattoir and cutting plant in Co. Durham. The missed test was disco