71.   Van der Graaf, an animal rights and environmental activist, had peacefully lobbied against the meat industry for years in the courts.

72.   When Rabin began privatizing the meat industry, Shas demanded tradition be written into law.

73.   He noted that the German meat industry was going to label its produce as home-grown.

74.   As rumours spread that other fresh vegetables such as lettuce might be contaminated, those in the meat industry breathed a sigh of relief.

75.   The resulting scare has led to a global ban on exports of British beef, and a Europe-wide crisis in the meat industry.

76.   The British government has so far announced restricted measures to help the British meat industry and farmers.

77.   The company concerned was alleged to have been the Lijanovici meat industry based in the Croat-controlled region of Hercegovina.

78.   The crisis is expected to ruin thousands of British farmers and thousands more in the meat industry.

79.   The government is under mounting pressure to act to save the British meat industry from ruin.