31.   Finland, Singapore and New Zealand banned British beef on Friday, following action on Thursday by France, Belgium, Sweden, Portugal and the Netherlands.

32.   France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Austria have banned British beef.

33.   Nations around the world began to ban British beef, which has the highest incidence of mad cow disease.

34.   On Friday, the British colony of Hong Kong banned beef from Britain.

35.   Singapore also has banned all beef from the United Kingdom because of the mad cow disease.

36.   Thailand to ban British beef.

37.   Swiss and Italian schools have followed the lead of numerous French schools, banning beef from France from cafeteria menus.

38.   The admission that such vaccines are used comes at the same time Canada has banned Brazilian beef over fears that it may be contaminated with the same disease.

39.   The ban would have little pragmatic effect, because many nations already ban British beef.

40.   The European Commission banned British beef worldwide two years ago in response to growing consumer fears over Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, better known as the mad cow disease.