1.   The British beef scare has spawned a peculiar inventiveness among European gourmets.

2.   The beef scare has disrupted life for many here, but not everyone.

3.   When the beef scare surfaced last fall, regulators urged consumers to switch to pork.

4.   Agriculture ministers backed his proposal as a way to eliminate minute risks and reassure consumers made wary by the beef scare.

5.   The beef scare has also brought vegetarian cookery books to the literary forefront.

6.   The beef scare started in March when British officials acknowledged a possible link between so-called mad cow disease in cattle and a lethal brain disease in humans.

7.   The first death of a German-born calf from mad cow disease has sparked a new beef scare in Germany.

8.   He added that the beef scare had also called into question the credibility of the government.

9.   However, other meats benefited from the beef scare.

10.   If the case is confirmed, it will not necessarily be the same strain which sparked the current beef scare and led to a worldwide ban on British beef.