11.   Britain has been blocking EU measures in protest of a worldwide ban on British beef following the mad cow disease scare.

12.   From exhaust fumes to asbestos to the mad cow scare, it will probably take a while for people to acquire the reflexes required by this new situation.

13.   From the outset of the mad cow scare, EU efforts to fight the disease have been hampered by scientific uncertainty over its complex origins.

14.   Japan has largely averted the mad cow disease scare that curtailed beef consumption in other parts of the world.

15.   Switzerland is to protest to the World Trade Organization against European import restrictions on Swiss cattle following the mad cow disease scare.

16.   That ban was invoked as a result of the mad cow disease scare.

17.   The Agriculture Ministry announced Wednesday that all cattle imported from Britain and Switzerland will be slaughtered in an effort to stem a new mad cow disease scare.

18.   The continentwide mad cow scare began last month in France and has spread like wildfire.

19.   The Department of Health says British beef is safe, but its cafeteria has switched to Argentine meat because of the mad cow disease scare.

20.   The European Commission and the British government face a barrage of criticism, and possibly sanctions this week, for their handling of the mad cow scare.