Europe disposes.(European Union bans UK beef in BSE disease scare; other European news items also included)(Politics This Week)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: March 30, 1996 | Copyright information

The European Union imposed a worldwide ban on exports of beef from Britain government conceded a possible link between a new strain of the deadly Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and eating beef products infected with BSE, known as mad-cow disease. British ministers claimed that the country's beef is safe. But a large part of Britain's almost 12 million-strong cattle herd may have to be destroyed before the ban is lifted.

An inter-governmental conference was due to open in Turin on March 29th to map out the European Union's future. The conference--with foreign ministers due to meet ...

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