101.   Until then consumers will have to decide whether eating beef is a risk worth taking.

102.   Welsh Secretary Alun Michael also said he did not realize he had been eating beef on the bone.

103.   In that process, the theory goes, scrapie somehow changed into a more virulent agent and became harmful to people who ate infected beef.

104.   A British spokesman argued that if the EU accepted that UK citizens could eat British beef, there was no reason to prevent other countries from importing it.

105.   And the British Consumers Association continued to advise people not to eat British beef as the only sure means of avoiding CJD.

106.   But he admitted that he continued to eat beef regularly, including on his visits to Britain.

107.   Dorrell, Hogg and Chief Government Medical Officer Kenneth Calman all conceded a certain risk to humans, but insisted people could continue to eat British beef in safety.

108.   The world would make progress if it stopped eating beef.

109.   There is concern that there might be a risk that the disease could pass from cattle to people who eat beef.

110.   Last Wednesday, the government touched off panic when it said humans could catch BSE from eating British beef.