date:Dec 13, 2012
Japan has suspended beef imports from Brazil over concerns of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) - a fatal neurodegenerative disease commonly known as mad cow disease.
The move comes after the South American nation informed the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) about the discovery of protein that is believed to cause BSE in a cow.
Brazilian officials said that the pasture-fed animal, which died in Parana in December 2010, did not have BSE, contradicting the local media reports. The of