diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/parsing/PDFLinesTextStripper.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/parsing/PDFLinesTextStripper.java
index 3f0f32e1..560d5b2c 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/parsing/PDFLinesTextStripper.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/parsing/PDFLinesTextStripper.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.text.TextPosition;
 import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 @Slf4j
@@ -200,6 +201,8 @@ public class PDFLinesTextStripper extends PDFTextStripper {
         int startIndex = 0;
         RedTextPosition previous = null;
 
+        textPositions.sort(Comparator.comparing(TextPosition::getXDirAdj));
+
         for (int i = 0; i <= textPositions.size() - 1; i++) {
 
             if (!textPositionSequences.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/utils/FileUtils.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/utils/FileUtils.java
index 209d5f58..aa8cd148 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/utils/FileUtils.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ public class FileUtils {
 
     public File createTempFile(String filenamePrefix, String filenameSuffix) throws IOException {
 
-        System.out.println(filenamePrefix + " " + filenameSuffix);
         File tempFile = Files.createTempFile(filenamePrefix, filenameSuffix).toFile();
         setRWPermissionsOnlyForOwner(tempFile);
 
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/RedactionIntegrationTest.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/RedactionIntegrationTest.java
index 38360d8b..9898a85c 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/RedactionIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/RedactionIntegrationTest.java
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public class RedactionIntegrationTest {
     @Test
     public void titleExtraction() throws IOException {
 
-        AnalyzeRequest request = prepareStorage("files/RSS/06 - Isopyrazam - Acute Oral Toxicity Rat.pdf");
+        AnalyzeRequest request = prepareStorage("files/new/table-with-merged-cells.pdf");
 
         analyzeService.analyzeDocumentStructure(new StructureAnalyzeRequest(request.getDossierId(), request.getFileId()));
         AnalyzeResult result = analyzeService.analyze(request);
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ public class RedactionIntegrationTest {
     public void htmlTablesTest() throws IOException {
 
         System.out.println("htmlTablesTest");
-        AnalyzeRequest request = prepareStorage("files/Minimal Examples/Single Table.pdf");
+        AnalyzeRequest request = prepareStorage("files/new/table-with-merged-cells.pdf");
 
         RedactionRequest redactionRequest = RedactionRequest.builder()
                 .dossierId(request.getDossierId())
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl
index 2b220fbb..24d3c8d1 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl
@@ -397,4 +397,11 @@ rule "102: Guidelines FileAttributes"
         Section((text.contains("DATA REQUIREMENT(S):") || text.contains("TEST GUIDELINE(S):")) && (text.contains("OECD") || text.contains("EPA") || text.contains("OPPTS")))
     then
         section.addFileAttribute("OECD Number", "OECD (No\\.? )?\\d{3}( \\(\\d{4}\\))?", false, 0);
+    end
+
+rule "8: Redact Author cells in Tables with Author header (Non vertebrate study)"
+    when
+        Section(hasTableHeader("h5.1"))
+    then
+        section.redactCell("h5.1", 8, "CBI_author", false, "Author found", "Article 39(e)(3) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002");
     end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/files/new/StrangeOneString.pdf b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/files/new/StrangeOneString.pdf
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diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/files/new/table-with-merged-cells.pdf b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/files/new/table-with-merged-cells.pdf
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