China has joined Taiwan, Korea, Peru and Belarus in restricting imports of Canadian beef products because of concern over a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) found in Alberta.

The Alberta case of BSE — better known as mad cow disease — was confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Feb. 13.

This has been excerpted from the 27 February 2015 edition of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-beef-restricted-by-china-over-bse-case-1.2976540