Brussels, 12/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - Fearing the presence of substances that could cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the Chinese health authorities announced on Tuesday the ban on the import of certain cosmetic products from 18 countries, 13 of which EU Member States (UK, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Austria, Finland). This measure comes one month after the EU suspended imports of products of animal origin from...