81.   Researchers believe humans were infected when they ate infected beef.

82.   Scientists believe Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease can be contracted by eating infected beef.

83.   Researchers believe it is contracted by eating infected beef.

84.   Since then European producers have faced slumping sales due to consumer fear of eating contaminated beef.

85.   Since then European producers have seen their sales plunge because of a general consumer fear of eating diseased beef.

86.   Some scientists suspect the disease causes a similar fatal brain-destroying ailment, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, in people who eat infected beef.

87.   South Korea says the bacteria cannot be allowed even on the outside of meat in South Korea because it is common for Koreans to eat raw beef.

88.   Some consumers remain scared to eat British beef, and many restaurants in Britain advertise non-British beef on their menus.

89.   Some health experts fear that people who have eaten contaminated beef might transmit the disease through donated blood.

90.   Some scientists believe humans can contract a similar fatal brain-wasting disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, by eating infected beef.