According to reports from Reuters Japan is stopping its beef imports from Brazil following the identification of the protein suspected of causing BSE in a cow.
The prion was confirmed following tests conducted here in England by the OIE (the world animal health organisation). However, the 13-year old animal, which died in December 2010 was thought unlikely to have developed the disease had it not died of other causes.
As Brazil is reported to have food-and-mouth disease Japan currently only imports heat-treated beef and not fresh meat from Brazil.
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