After intense negotiations, Japan agreed this month to accept meat from specially certified exporters processing U.S. cattle younger than 21 months.

在激烈的谈判之后,日本同意这个月接受由特殊鉴定过的,出口商加工过的年龄小于21个月的美国牛肉.

The international standard age for cattle is 30 months to ensure protection against tainted beef from animals with mad cow disease.

牲畜年龄的国际标准为30个月，以确保没有来自感染了疯牛病的牛肉。

Meanwhile in South Korea, U.S. boneless beef imports are due to resume within weeks, pending resolution of some minor disagreements.

同时，在南韩，将在几周之内重新进口美国无脊柱牛肉的决议因为少数的反对而悬而未决。

Mad cow disease is a degenerative nerve disorder found in cattle that was first reported in herds in Britain 20 years ago. In 1996, there was global concern when scientists found that eating beef products from infected cows may cause a similar fatal brain disease in humans - a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

疯牛病是在牲畜中发现的一种神经退化紊乱，首例感染报道发生在20年之前英国的牛群中。在1996年，科学家发现食用感染了疯牛病的牛肉所制的食品会导致相似的人类致命脑类疾病--一种变种Creutzfeldt-Jakob 疾病后，引起了全球性的关注。

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says in the past 10 years there have been a total of 196 cases of the human illness in 11 countries. The majority of the patients have been in Britain. Only One person has been reported sick in Japan.

美国疾病控制中心称在过去的10年中，在11个国家一共发现了196例人类感染病例。大部分的病人在英国，只有一例患者在日本。

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