Gulp. I took my kids there today.
I lived in Germany during the last Euro mad cow scare. They found a mad cow a half hour from my house.
I can't even begin to tell you what it was like living in that god-for-saken place, having to cook most of our meals (eating out there is a chore) and not have beef available.
You just don't realize the versatility of ground beef until you don't have it anymore.
An important tid-bit I don't want to let slip by, is that certain candies are said to have beef by-products in them, but I can't remember where I read that. I've read a lot of stuff on BSE over the years, but I still eat cow and lots of other meat products. I hope it's not so serious. :)
Cows are supposed to eat grass!
Switch to pheasant and eel. You'll never go back. :-)