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In 1989/90, the use of specified bovine offal (SBO) in human food was banned in the UK. Spinal cord, an SBO material, is now removed from beef carcasses post splitting. More recently, following a European Commission Decision introduced on 1st October 2000, regulations in all EU states require the removal of central nervous system (CNS) material from sheep carcasses over 12 months of age and all cattle...