World IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : ‘Mad Cow’ Fears Lead to Beef Bans
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Fears of “mad cow disease” spread around the globe, with South Africa, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea joining most of Britain’s European Union partners in banning imports of British beef. In London, steak restaurants were deserts of empty booths after the announcement by scientists that they had found a possible link between “mad cow disease” from British beef and an incurable brain disorder in humans.
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