31.   Although officials have insisted since the scare began last week that no British beef products are imported into Hungary, the Agriculture Ministry announced the ban Thursday afternoon.

32.   Belgium ordered German beef products withdrawn from sale and warned consumers not to eat such products, Health Minister Magda Aelvoet said Friday night.

33.   Britain maintained it had already taken adequate safeguards to protect against human health risks from infected beef products.

34.   Brazil failed to cooperate fully with Canadian efforts to confirm beef products were disease-free, he said.

35.   But also urged Croatia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia and Macedonia to lift the bans on imports of Slovene beef products they imposed after the case was first reported.

36.   But the EU has refused to ease the ban even on those materials until Britain takes adequate steps to restore public trust in beef products.

37.   Countries moved quickly to ban British beef, and the European Union on Wednesday ordered Britain to stop exporting cattle, beef and beef products.

38.   Countrywide sweeps have kept Japanese beef products free of mad cow disease for the past five months with no new cases being detected, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday.

39.   Earlier this year, Unilever said it took a write off on frozen beef products in response to public fears about mad cow disease.

40.   EU officials have said it is unlikely the ban on exports of British beef and beef products would be lifted soon.