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...current crisis began when a bit of infected meat found its way into a school lunch in Britain's Northumberland in mid-February and then, as leftovers, into swill fed to pigs at a local fattening facility. Before the first symptoms appeared to warn of the danger, the virus was spreading to farms all across the country as animals were shipped to slaughterhouses hundreds of miles away. Within a few weeks it turned up in Northern Ireland and jumped the English Channel to a farm in western France. But even before French veterinarians confirmed cases in six cows last week...
...Britain's stigma is spreading to the Continent even faster than the virus itself. The U.S. and Canada, two of the E.U.'s biggest customers, have slapped bans on animal products from all 15 countries, to the anger of farmers and officials. E.U. Health commissioner David Byrne warned that he would "make full use of our bilateral contacts and our wto trade arrangements to have these restrictions lifted." But other countries in Europe and the Middle East also imposed restrictions on E.U. meat products, as did Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia...
...doubt and the FTSE and dax falling, fear alone could trigger a "global contagion." Even people who haven't been seriously damaged yet could suddenly decide to stop spending and keep their money safe in the bank. But how serious is this risk? Parker guesses that "this is one virus coming over from the U.S. that isn't going to give us a cold." A runny nose, however, is not out of the question...
...border police began checking all incoming trucks transporting meat. Consumers on both sides of the Atlantic, who want their meat products on the shelves but would like them free of pathogens, thank you, are generally in favor of whatever it takes to keep the disease in check. "Because this virus spreads very fast, and because of its grave consequences," says Alfonzo Torres, a USDA deputy administrator, "it's one of the livestock diseases we dread most...
...from the U.K. already banned because of mad-cow disease, the hardest-hit imports will be pork and goat, mostly from the Netherlands and Denmark. Such cooked and cured meats as canned hams, prepared sausages and prosciutto are not affected because heating or processing kills the foot-and-mouth virus. Certain dairy products like yogurt, Brie and hard cheeses are also exempt, since they are already subject to strict manufacturing conditions, including pasteurization...