1.   British beef is banned because of perceived risks linked to mad cow disease.

2.   The new variant linked to mad cow disease occurs even less frequently.

3.   These agents, neither bacteria nor fungi nor viruses, are proteins and have been linked to mad cow disease and other lethal brain-wasting conditions.

4.   British researchers have said that eight cases of the human brain disease Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease were suspected of being linked to mad cow disease.

5.   Hospital officials confirmed Saturday the death of a Briton almost three months ago was caused by the brain-destroying ailment linked to mad cow disease.

6.   The EU imposed the ban in March after British officials acknowledged that a fatal human brain ailment may be linked to mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

7.   The case is the first of its kind linked to mad cow disease in France.

8.   The work shows that the strain of CJD linked to mad cow disease is a new form that has only recently arisen, Collinge said.

9.   Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob is linked to mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and is believed to spread by eating infected meat.

10.   The health ministry said that means three people are in France are known to have the strain linked to mad cow.