Japan Bans

In 1996, after cases of Mad Cow disease appeared in Great Britain, Japan stopped importing animal feed from the country. This might sound familiar, in 2001, Japan banned beef and processed beef imports from 18 countries world wide. An interesting fact, Japan was the first country outside of Europe to report a case of a cow infected with the BSE virus.

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