Since a ban on processed animal protein was imposed in 2001 in the wake of the " mad cow" crisis, soy and fish meal have become the bedrock of animal feed in Europe.
A glimmer of hope for a drug that treats disease caused by prions THE epidemic of mad-cow disease in people that some forecast in the 1990s has not, fortunately, come to pass.
In defending “biosecurity”, governments have tended to react defensively to diseases like the H5N1 bird flu and mad-cow disease (or BSE), disrupting not just bilateral trade but international markets as well.