The European Union has agreed to allow T-bone steaks back onto Europe's menus, lifting a ban imposed four years ago in response to fears about mad cow disease.
Sales of beef containing the backbone of animals aged over 12 months were banned in 2001 in many European countries; the low age limit effectively outlawed T-bone steaks.
However, EU vets meeting in Brussels have now raised that limit to 24 months, meaning that T-bones are likely to be back on sale in butchers' shops across Europe by the end of the year.
