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Hall, who was 21, was one of nine Britons felled in 1996 by a brain disorder linked to exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad-cow disease. The appearance of this degenerative disease--widely suspected to be contracted by eating contaminated beef organs--set off a panic as Europe slammed its doors to British beef, and travelers anxiously cast their minds back to London vacations, trying to recall whether they had ordered the fish or the sausage...
According to Wink, temperatures were so low in the Wisconsin countryside that milk froze in the cow's udders and city dwellers were reduced to eating beer popsicles...
...road," explained FDA Commissioner David Kessler. "By saying that cattle and sheep cannot be fed any products that cause this disease, we are in essence erecting a fire wall that will reduce whatever risk humans have even further." Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, an often-fatal human condition similar to "mad cow disease," attacks brain tissue. Scientists believe cows become infected by consuming feed containing animal parts, which are sometimes used to increase the protein content of their food. In Britain, where at least ten people have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob during the past two years, scientists believe that meat from infected...
...STEAK OF THE YEAR: Britain's mad-cow disease, which gave John Major's government the shakes...
...cow: (Guyana) work done regularly for private gain using employer's equipment...