Increase in cattle age for BSE testing could save farmers €8m

FARMERS could save €8 million a year as a result of the cattle age for BSE testing increasing from 30 to 48 months.

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association beef and cattle committee chairperson Martin McMahon said that the 48-month rule is further evidence that the BSE problem is now firmly in the past.

It also represents full recognition by the European Commission of the excellent system of cattle identification and traceability in Ireland.