Mad cow hits Japan again

[dArKeR]

Tokyo — Government experts have confirmed Japan's eighth case of mad-cow disease, the Health Ministry announced Monday, underlining concerns about how widespread the illness may be in the country.

The finding comes nearly nine months after the last mad-cow disease diagnosis in January.

In the latest case, a steer tested positive for signs of the disease Sept. 29, when it was brought to a slaughterhouse in Ibaraki prefecture just north of Tokyo. Those findings were backed by follow-up tests by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Health Ministry official Makoto Kanie said.

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[TrogL]

1. Does this mean they will drop the ban on Canadian beef?

They've got more of a mad cow problem than we do.

[Not a robought]

2. Oh my...

the irony. Chretien must be laughing his ass off as he smokes his joint.

[lindashaw]

3. Well, there goes the yen.