Consumers responded calmly Wednesday to news of the first outbreak of avian flu in Japan since 1925.
The outbreak, confirmed Tuesday, has prompted concerns among health officials that the virus may mutate and affect humans. The news comes less than a month after Japan placed an import ban on U.S. beef following the Dec. 24 discovery of a case of mad cow disease there.
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