UK beef supplies in 2004 could be increased from 125 000 tonnes if the UK sway replaces the Over Thirty Month (OTM) order with a requirement that cattle marked throughout this age should be experimented for BSE.

UK beef supplies in 2004 could be increased from 125 000 tonnes if the UK sway replaces the Over Thirty Month (OTM) order with a requirement that cattle marked throughout this age should be experimented for BSE, according to calculations at the Meat and Livestock Commission.