61.   Echoing the view of most British government officials, she said she would have no hesitation in eating British beef.

62.   Experts believe that mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, can be passed onto humans if they eat infected beef.

63.   Experts believe people contract variant CJD by eating infected beef.

64.   Experts believe it is a human version of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and that people get it by eating contaminated beef.

65.   Hindus do not eat beef and cows, often linked to Hindu deities, are revered and worshipped.

66.   Hindus do not eat beef and cows, often linked to Hindu deities, are revered and worshiped.

67.   However none appears to be the new variant of the disease associated with eating infected beef.

68.   In addition to the chain of custody issue, Capobianco has raised the possibility that his positive test could have resulted from eating contaminated beef.

69.   In short, government spokesmen said, the risk of contracting the deadly brain illness by eating British beef is minimal.

70.   Italian foreign minister Susanna Agnelli said the foreign ministers ate no beef at all.