March 20, 1996, two days of February (Rat), the British mad cow disease panic shock the world.


mad cow panic in the British stretch In March 1996, the British government admitted for the first time that the consumption of crazy the beef might lead to a brain failure terminally ill, so far 10 cases of this disease have occurred in British , in which eight people were killed. News, causing a panic in the UK and around the world.
660 British McDonald's chain immediately decided to stop using British beef, the EU, Australia. More than 30 countries such as Japan and South Africa, New Zealand, (l $ dj��.��r��) Singapore, (l $ dj��.��r��) have announced a ban on imports of British beef, mad cow storm seriously damage the UK economy, the British cattle industry is facing a crisis, not only more than 500 million pounds of beef exports to naught, and the need to spend 3.5 billion pounds of imported beef a year, thus expanding the trade deficit in the United Kingdom. end
4 meeting of EU agriculture ministers decided to continue the ban on British beef exports the British slaughter handling the loss of beef cattle given 70% of the compensation.