21.   He also said he was offended by their habit of eating beef.

22.   He said it was impossible to evaluate how much of a threat eating beef was for humans.

23.   New checks by a European Union scientific panel have confirmed that eating beef from cattle raised on growth hormones is a potential health risk, the EU said Tuesday.

24.   New research by a European Union scientific panel has confirmed that eating beef from cattle raised on growth hormones is a potential health risk, the EU said Tuesday.

25.   Neurologist Richard Kay said last week that the woman probably contracted the disease from eating beef in Britain.

26.   Public fears about the dangers of eating beef reached panic levels in France last month when it was discovered that potentially infected meat had made it to supermarket shelves.

27.   Sales of meat have plunged amid fears that the illness is spreading despite repeated statements by health and agriculture authorities that eating beef is safe.

28.   Scientists believe people get it by eating beef infected with a similar disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.

29.   Scientists believe people get it by eating beef infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.

30.   Seeking to calm growing European panic, the World Health Organization said Friday risks of contracting a fatal brain disease from eating beef were remote.