Germany may unilaterally ban British beef imports tomorrow because of a health scare over 'mad cow' disease unless a European solution is found, a German spokesman said yesterday, Reuter reports from Bonn. Germany, citing fears that meat from cattle infected with the brain disease BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) could endanger human health, has been seeking European Commission support for banning UK beef as a precautionary measure.
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