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

12.   Sales of food and beverages also declined due to the lingering adverse effect of the mad-cow disease scare and drops in vegetable prices.

13.   The EU embargo on British beef was imposed following the mad cow disease scare.

14.   The mad cow disease scare has spread since the British government admitted there was a possible link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, and CJD.