11.   Although the disease poses no threat to food safety, its appearance a few years after the discovery of mad cow disease here has frightened some Britons off beef.

12.   As a practical matter, the disease posed only a minuscule threat to persons not in high-risk groups.

13.   Experts say the disease poses no risks to humans, but many countries have suspended the import of Dutch pigs.

14.   Experts say that the disease poses no risks to humans, but many countries have suspended the import of Dutch pigs.

15.   Other diseases also pose dangers.

16.   Scientists say the disease poses no risk to humans.

17.   She said Mad Cow disease posed no threat in the United States, where no cases have been reported.

18.   The disease posed no threat to visitors to the park, van der Merwe said.

19.   The disease poses no risk to the community because it is not contagious, said Dr. Wendel Brunner, Contra Costa director of public health.

20.   The Irish Government said the outbreak in Northumberland was a timely warning to Irish farmers that the disease still posed a major threat.