Breaches Of SRM Controls Table 2009
Monday 28 June 2010
Breaches in SRM controls in the year of 2009.
In all cases the carcases were detained and the SRM removed and destroyed. An investigation into the circumstances of the failure to detect the SRM before health marking was also launched in each case.*
| Date | Originating plant | Nature of find | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 14/01/2009 | ABP Newry (Plant No. 9001) | Bovine carcase released containing SRM vertebral column. |
| 27 | 26/01/2009 | ABP Blackburn (Plant No. 4405) | SRM spinal cord discovered in forequarter of beef. |
| 29 | 28/09/09 | Whitley Bay Meat Co, England | Spinal cord SRM in a forequarter of beef |
| 30 | 11/09/09 | Cig Calon Cymru, Wales | SRM nervous tissue in a forequarter of beef |
*An entry in this table has been removed since publication, because the age of the animal involved could not be proved.