11.   The ban was imposed after the disease swept through British cattle herds and was linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, which attacks the human brain.

12.   The commission said last week it wanted the ban lifted for gelatine, tallow and sperm extracted from British cattle.

13.   The commission said last week it wanted the ban lifted for gelatin, tallow and sperm extracted from British cattle.

14.   The European Commission banned the export of British beef and beef byproducts amid fears that a deadly brain disease could enter the human food chain from British cattle.

15.   The question of cross-species transmission is a huge worry in Europe, Gambetti said, where British cattle have been infected by mad cow disease.

16.   The same level of compensation will be available to other European countries, notably the Netherlands and Portugal, which have imported British cattle.

17.   We know that BSE rampaged through British cattle, and we are now seeing the beginnings of an outbreak of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in people.

18.   Prices have plunged at British cattle auctions, wiping out any profits for farmers.

19.   A ban on exports of live sheep and goats remains in place, and an embargo on British cattle stays because of mad cow disease.

20.   Both British ministers told their colleagues Britain has already enforced more than adequate safeguards to eliminate any health risks from British cattle infected with mad cow disease.