diff --git a/server/ntb/publish/ntb_ninjs.py b/server/ntb/publish/ntb_ninjs.py
index 48f8efca2..92a527243 100644
--- a/server/ntb/publish/ntb_ninjs.py
+++ b/server/ntb/publish/ntb_ninjs.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ def _transform_to_ninjs(self, article, subscriber, recursive=True):
             ninjs["descriptions"] = self.format_descriptions(ninjs)
 
         if article.get("body_html"):
+            body_footer = article.get('body_footer', '').strip()
+            if body_footer:
+                article['body_html'] += body_footer
             ninjs["bodies"] = self.format_bodies(article)
 
         if ninjs.get("subject"):
diff --git a/server/ntb/publish/utils.py b/server/ntb/publish/utils.py
index 7dc1b2a1d..1a9409d13 100644
--- a/server/ntb/publish/utils.py
+++ b/server/ntb/publish/utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-
 import re
 import logging
-import superdesk.etree as sd_etree
-
-from lxml import etree
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 
diff --git a/server/ntb/tests/publish/ntb_ninjs_test.py b/server/ntb/tests/publish/ntb_ninjs_test.py
index b527604a5..6750f417b 100644
--- a/server/ntb/tests/publish/ntb_ninjs_test.py
+++ b/server/ntb/tests/publish/ntb_ninjs_test.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 <p><a>test</a>NTBMEDIA TO REMOVE</p>
 
 <p>(©MyCompany2023)</p>
+<p>footer this is</p>
 """.strip()
 
 with open(
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ class Ninjs2FormatterTest(TestCase):
         "version_creator": "ObjectId(" "5640a5eef40235008465242b" ")",
         "abstract": "<p>abstract this is</p>",
         "body_html": TEST_BODY,
+        "body_footer": "<p>footer this is</p>",
         "dateline": {
             "located": {
                 "dateline": "city",
@@ -321,8 +323,8 @@ def test_format_item(self):
             ],
             "bodies": [
                 {
-                    "charcount": 148,
-                    "wordcount": 26,
+                    "charcount": 162,
+                    "wordcount": 29,
                     "value": TEST_BODY_EXPECTED,
                     "contenttype": "text/html",
                 }
@@ -444,6 +446,7 @@ def test_publish_table(self):
             {
                 "fields_meta": text_item_with_table["fields_meta"],
                 "body_html": text_item_with_table["body_html"],
+                "body_footer": "",
             }
         )
         assert "<table>" in ninjs["bodies"][0]["value"]