1.   Although motivated by the mad cow scare in Europe and other health concerns, the system could pay big dividends in a variety of ways.

2.   A European Union report found France has failed to properly impose controls on cattle feed agreed to in the wake of the mad cow disease scare.

3.   It blamed the loss on the mad cow scare.

4.   Price are even rising among cheaper cuts of meat, the hardest hit by the mad cow scare.

5.   Alongside such emergency measures, France plans structural changes for the sector, which Vasseur said had been in trouble well before the mad cow scare.

6.   Anxious consumers are shunning even home-grown beef as the mad cow disease scare spreads, forcing a huge reduction in the slaughter of cattle.

7.   As a result of the disclosure, many countries have banned exports of beef from Britain, the center of the mad cow scare.

8.   Beef sales in Japan have plunged and farmers and meat retailers have suffered huge losses in recent months because of the mad cow scare.

9.   British officials said Friday the country was fighting the disease successfully long before the latest mad cow scare drew attention to the issue.

10.   British officials said Friday the country was fighting the disease successfully before the latest mad cow scare.