Contradicting its previous claims, the government has admitted that Japan probably imported German medical products that reportedly caused Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease even after the United States had warned of the danger in 1987.
Kazuo Maruta, a senior Health and Welfare Ministry official, said Wednesday that the German-made dried dura mater was produced in 1982 was probably imported before 1997.
Dried dura matter is a medical product used during brain surgery.