31.   European Union agriculture ministers are seeking a way out of the consumer scare over mad cow disease in Britain, possibly through a costly mass slaughter of British cattle.

32.   France banned imports of British beef, and demand dried up in British cattle markets.

33.   France banned imports of British beef, so did Belgium, and demand dried up in British cattle markets.

34.   He proposed to trace back British cattle to their original herds and to slaughter or quarantine for life those that had come in contact with infected animals.

35.   He said there was no indication the beef was from British cattle that had mad cow disease.

36.   Hogg proposed to trace back British cattle to their original herds and to slaughter or quarantine for life those that had come in contact with infected animals.

37.   Hogg proposed tracing British cattle to their original herds and slaughtering or quarantining for life those that had come in contact with infected animals.

38.   Lawyers argued in court Wednesday that the ban makes no sense and is devastating to the British cattle industry.

39.   Lawyers argued in court on Wednesday that the ban not only is devastating to the British cattle industry, but that it defies logic.

40.   Lawyers argued in the Luxembourg court on Wednesday that the ban not only is devastating to the British cattle industry, but that it defies logic.