Originally Posted by John Galt
I recell last time I gave blood, they were giving people the third degree about which countried they had visited. I think that even the UK was on the "Danger" list!
It is. If you've lived there for longer than about 6 months, you're banned. I found this out when I tried to donate a few years ago - I lived in the UK in 1992 but was not there during any of their mad cow outbreaks. I believe they think I could still be a mad cow carrier almost 15 years later.