Unit Anything but Beef.ppt

Unit 5 Anything but Beef Introducing the Topic Mad-cow was one of the hottest topics in the international affairs in 1996. As the title shows, many people in Britain and the continent became fearful of beef. The BSE and CJD were the terms that caused panic. Because of the improper propaganda of the British press, the fear of the BSE and CJD had spread all over the continent and the related countries. Therefore more than 30 countries declared the ban on importing British beef. In March 1996, the European Union (EU) outlawed the import of British cattle, beef and relevant by-products, which ga