U.K.--SHARP RISE IN BSE CASES ON THE CONTINENT!!!

[Guest guest]

-- INDEPENDENT -- So far this

year, there has been a SHARP RISE in the number of cases of the disease,

with 192 recorded in Continental countries including Switzerland and

even Liechtenstein.....The average herd size in the different countries

means that the 177 BSE cases recorded in Continental European Union

countries have led to the slaughter of more than 9,000 cows.....Despite

the measures, THERE ARE FEARS ON THE CONTINENT THAT A BSE EPIDEMIC COULD

BE ABOUT TO START. Portugal, which has had 80 cases this year, has been

BANNED from exporting its beef, putting it in the same position as

Britain was until last month. The EU has also notified 10 COUNTRIES -

FRANCE, BELGIUM LUXEMBOURG, THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, SPAIN, SWEDEN,

FINLAND, ITALY, PORTUGAL, DENMARK AND GREECE - THAT THEY ARE BREACHING

RULES SET UP TO AVOID ANOTHER EPIDEMIC!!!!!!!!//////////// (I DON'T

GUESS THE U.S. COULD NEVER BREACH ANY RULES LIKE THAT?????WE NEVER

LOOK!!!!!!) MADSON