Some claim to be selling beef imported from the United States, even though such beef has been barred from the Chinese mainland since 2003, following outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.一些网店自称出售美国进口的牛肉,虽然自从牛海绵状脑病即疯牛病爆发之后,中国大陆自2003年以来已经禁止了这些牛肉的销售。
Creutzfeldt Jakob disease is an untreatable, universally-fatal disease that can be contracted by eating parts of an animal infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE or mad cow disease ).克雅氏病是一种无法治疗的、普遍的、致命的疾病,可由吃了已感染了牛海绵状脑病动物(BSE或疯牛病)身上的各部分而引起。
Despite consumer fears in North Asia about possible bovine spongiform encephalopathy, more commonly known as mad cow disease, American beef is returning to shops and restaurants in this region with ceremonial flourish.虽然北亚消费者担心可能的牛海绵状脑病俗称疯牛病。美国的牛肉非常兴盛的回到商店和餐馆。