BSE archive
This archive contains information that has not been updated from the BSE section of this website.
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About BSE and other TSEs archive and BSE controls review archive
BSE is one of a group of diseases that affect a number of different mammals. These diseases, known as Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), or Prion Diseases, result from the build-up of abnormal prion proteins in the brain and nervous system. TSEs get their name from the spongy appearance in the infected brain, and the fact that they are transmissible via infected material.
Bovine products regulations 2007
The Bovine Products (Restriction on placing on the market) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 SI 2007 No. 1755 were made on 19 June 2007 and came into force on 21 June.
Facts and Figures archive
Statistics on confirmed BSE cases in Europe and worldwide, breaches of BSE controls, and BSE testing in the EU.
OTM Rule Review timeline
Find out how a review of the Over Thirty Months Rule led to the establishment of BSE testing of older cattle in November 2005.
Over Thirty Months (OTM) rule breaches
Table showing all the Over Thirty Month breaches in the UK.
Over Thirty Months review archive
The Over Thirty Months (OTM) Rule was the BSE control set up in 1996 that automatically banned older cattle from entering the human food chain. It was one of the two key food safety controls in relation to BSE operated in the UK – the main control being the Specified Risk Material (SRM) control.