date:Dec 20, 2012
Japan, China, South Africa, South Korea and Saudi Arabia have imposed a ban on Brazil beef imports, over concerns of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease.
This move comes after Brazil's recent report, which revealed that a cow in Parana state was found to contain proteins that cause BSE. Even though the incident occurred in 2010, Brazil did not make the report public until December 2012, which increased the fears among the importing nations.
Brazil blamed the delay on a la