1. Wide of news conference, US Agriculture Secretary, Mike Johanns, walks to podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Johanns, US Agriculture Secre
tary:
"Last Friday we awoke to the news that a shipment of beef had...

English/Nat

The European Agriculture Commissioner has said the European Union embargo on British beef exports will remain following new scientific research linking Mad Cow Disease with...

1.Various shots of passengers stepping on sanitized rugs coming out of their flight

2.Various shots of passengers being checked by custom's a
gents
3. Various of meet products being i
ncinerated
4. SOUNDBITE:...

English/Nat

The British meat industry is reeling after the latest ban on beef products announced by the London governm
ent.
The sale of beef on the bone is being banned in the U-K over...

1. Carlos Guiterrez, US Commerce Secretary, walking to news conference

2. Mid of repor
ters
3. Pan of news c
onference
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Carlos Guiterrez, US Commer
ce Secretary: ...

English/Nat

Reports suggest a South African woman may have died of mad cow disease, the first such possible case in the cou
ntry.
Laboratory tests showed that Ronel Eckard, 35, may have...

Natural Sound

The spiralling debate over mad cow disease, or BSE, has plunged France into what some commentators are calling a kind of generalized panic or psychos
is.
French consumers are becoming...

Tokyo, Japan - 13th Feb

1. Wide of farmers marching and chanting in front of Diet bui
lding
2. Close-up farmers holding banner with "BSE" wri
tten on it
3. Man dressed as cow amongs
t demonstrators
4....

British chocolate and dairy products have been banned in Jordan amid fears of "mad cow" disease. British products have been taken off supermarket shelves because, according to a former health minister, Abdul Raheem Malhas,...

English/Nat

European Union veterinarians meeting in Brussels have unanimously backed Britain's plan to wipe out BSE or Mad Cow Dis
ease.
The vote followed Britain's offer to extend its cull of cattle...

Beef was back on the menu at McDonald's restaurants throughout Britain on Thursday (28/3). But Big Macs won't contain British beef. McDonald's decided to suspend its use of British beef because of the Bovine Spongiform...

1. Wide shot of European Commission building

2. Close up of European Commission
sign
3. Set-up shot of Antonia Mochan, spokeswoman at the EU
Commission
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Antonia Mochan,...

Maple Park, Illinois

1. Mid of cattle in stoc
kyard
2. Wide of cattle pen, with field in
background
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Martz, C
attle producer:
"Well, I think...

Natural Sound

VOICED BY: Richard Va
ughan
South Korea on Tuesday said it found no evidence of B-S-E, or so called mad cow disease, after testing cattle fed with leftover food that included...

English/Nat

Critics of America's beef industry are raising new concerns over the dangers of mad cow disease and its human equivalent in the
U-S.
A group of doctors claims the disease that...

Berlin, Germany

1. Wide of supermarket entrance, customer wa
lking
2. Close-up of fridge full of dair
y products
3. Wide of fridge full of
dairy products
4. Close-up of...

Eng/Ger/Nat

The crisis over mad cow disease that has wrecked the British beef industry may have met its match in the form of a long-dead bull whose semen was frozen almost 40 years...

Washington, DC - January 21, 2004

1. Wide shot of congressional hearing
room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ann Veneman, US Secretary of Ag
riculture:
"US beef is safe for consumers in the United States,...

French/Nat

The French authorities have allowed the media to see its new testing for BSE ( bovine spongiform encephalopathy) or the so called "mad cows disease" in
cows.
Its the first time...

English/Nat

British prime minister John Major may appear headed for defeat in the general election on May 1 - but there's one group of voters that seems unlikely ever to abandon...

1. Yasuhir Yoshikawa, Chairman, Japanese Governmental Panel assessing safety of BSE, enters press conference

2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yasuhir Yoshikawa, Chairman, Japanese Governmental Panel assessing safety of...

English/Nat

The United States is stepping up testing of cattle for B-S-E in the wake of fears that "Mad Cows disease" may have spread to humans in Bri
tain.
It's thought the U-S herd is so far free of th
e...

German/Eng/Nat

Britain's Public Health Minister, Tessa Jowell, on Thursday defended the government's decision to ban the sale of all beef on the bon
e.
She was attending...

1. Wide of riot police facing protesters

2. Protesters' posters reading (Korean and English)"(South Korean President) Lee Myung-bak
Out"
3. Various of protesters...