The shipment of sheep arrived in Pakistan almost a month ago after being turned away by Bahrain, and livestock officials ordered them to be culled after they tested positive for salmonella and actinomyces bacteria.
But after an appeal by importer PK Meat and Food Company, the Sindh High Court rejected the test results and ordered fresh samples to be taken and sent to Britain for analysis.
Earlier, an independent enquiry committee constituted by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to look into the import of purportedly diseased Australian sheep had found that the rules laid down under the Pakistan Animal Quarantine Act, 1979 were violated while clearing the consignment during the first week of September.
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