The Food Standards Agency has welcomed the successful prosecution of a Cornwall-based slaughter house for a breach of the regulations introduced to control the risks from BSE.
H R Jasper & Son Limited, a red meat slaughterhouse based near Launceston, Cornwall, has been ordered to pay almost £9,000 in fines and costs for failing to remove specified risk material (SRM) from sheep carcasses destined for the food chain.
SRM is the parts of cattle, sheep and goats most likely to carry BSE. All SRM must be removed in either the slaughterhouse or, in certain circumstances, cutting plant. It must not enter the food chain.
The company entered not guilty pleas on six charges and, following a two day hearing, was convicted on all counts.
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