ABSTRACT
Thus, the crisis clearly affected markets in livestock, meat and meat products all over the world. But it also became clear, at a very early stage, that other markets were to be affected as well. The complexity of modern industry and trade became increasingly obvious as the big scare emerged and began to involve products that no one in the public had previously thought came from beef. Such was the case, for instance, with gelatin (derived in part from bovine bones), which is used in innumerable products, such as pharmaceuticals, candy, yogurt, processed foods and cosmetics. (Even lipstick came under suspicion from consumers.) Governments tried to protect such products but had nevertheless not thought of everything. In France, for instance, surgical thread made of bovine tissue was overlooked and was still authorized.
