31.   The United States, Australia, Japan and Canada have barred British beef for years and numerous other nations have joined the ban since the mad cow scare began.

32.   Ukraine suffered a mad cow scare two years ago, but tests later showed that the suspect cows had died of rabies.

33.   Hong Kong decided Thursday to ban import of British beef in the light of the mad cow scare in Britain, a government spokesman said.

34.   Australia for its part, had been seeking a lifting of a Philippine ban on certain Australian meat products imposed following the mad cow scare.

35.   Co. Ltd admitted last month it falsely packaged imported beef as domestic to benefit from a public subsidy program to aid companies hit hard by a mad cow scare.

36.   Fast food chains across Britain were seeking to reassure customers about the safety of their beef burgers on Thursday as a mad cow scare swept through the country.

37.   Sale of that meat was banned as part of an embargo on British and Irish beef because of the mad cow scare.

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

39.   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.