England seems to have suffered the most from recent epidemics affecting some farm animals.
Consumers are worried.
Many people who don't work in the agricultural industry and have very limited contact with farming are concerned about how this crisis in the animal industry will affect them and their families. And nv CJD is so rare that of all the millions of people who might have eaten infected meat, only about 80 cases of nv CJD have been reported. Authorities believe the recent outbreak of BSE was caused by feeding contaminated meat and bone meal to cattle. Feed containing meat and bone meal is not fed back to the same species. Even if we had a case of mad cow disease in the United States, it wouldn't spread because we have this rule in place.