Five employees of South Korean broadcaster MBC were indicted last week on charges of defaming government officials. The charges stem from reports broadcast last summer about South Korea’s decision to lift it’s ban on U.S.... more

Mad Cow Disease from fish?
Examiner.com   June 2009

In the latest issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 3 researchers from the United States suggest that farmed fish fed contaminated cow parts could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD), the human form of mad cow... more

USDA, Administration need to adress OTM Rule
Prairie Star   June 2009

Last month, with hardly a mention in the media, Canada detected its 17th case of (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), also known as “mad cow”... more

R-CALF Submits Supplemental Comments On OTM Rule
Cattle Network   June 2009

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) currently is reconsidering a rule that allows Canadian cattle, as well as beef from Canadian cattle over 30 months of age (OTM), to freely enter the United States (OTM... more

FDA 101: Animal Feed
Cattle Netword   June 2009

As long as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been regulating food for people, it has also regulated food for animals, including animal feed for millions of chickens, turkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, and... more

Beef, dairy producers dealing with feed ban effects
javma News   June 2009

Dr. Robert W. Cloninger said a renderer within 30 miles of his clients' farms used to pick up cattle carcasses for free six days a... more

BSE naturally occurring in cattle
All About Feed   June 2009

The scientist came to this conclusion after investigating the presence of atypical BSE case in Switzerland. They researched samples of 33 positive cows.... more

Move to ease BSE testing 'science-based decision'
Daily Yomiuri Online   May 2009

The government's plan to ease the age restriction on tests for bovine spongiform encephalopathy among domestic cattle from the current 21 months or older is based on a weakening of the scientific basis for tougher controls, it has been... more

USDA Continues to Expose U.S. to Unnecessary Risk
OpEdNews.com   May 2009

On Friday, May 15, 2009, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced yet another case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) – this time in an 80-month-old Alberta dairy... more

Farmers welcome BSE rule change
meat info.co.uk   May 2009

Farming leaders have praised the Food Standards Agency’s decision to move to a more proportionate and risk-based BSE control regime for cattle over 30 months... more

Canada Confirms 16th Case of BSE in Six Years
Wisonsin Ag Connection   May 2009

Canada on Friday said it has discovered the country's 16th case of mad cow disease in an animal at a farm in the province of... more

The Impact Of Influenza On Beef Markets
Catttle Network   May 2009

Even the name has huge implications. Early references to the swine flu have left the pork industry reeling from a variety of impacts. Recognition that this new strain of flu is a combination... more

FDA Renders Decision
Pork News   May 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that its new rule on rendering practices for dead cattle will go into effect on April 27, but farmers and livestock renderers will have until Oct. 26 to comply.... more

Cattlemen work to protect U.S. food supply
High Plains Journal   April 2009

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration issued a new rule that would increase the safety of the U.S. food supply by adding protections against bovine spongiform... more

LGC brings its unrivalled BSE testing experience
FarmingUK   April 2009

LGC, the international science-based service company, announces the opening of its new BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) testing laboratory in Exeter,... more

The changes in farming since BSE (Mad Cow) in 1996.
Farming UK   April 2009

Throughout the 1990s and leading up to 2001, farming was characterised by the way it seemed to bounce from one crisis to another –... more

Death Tax, Feed Ban, NAIS Ruling
Cattle Network   April 2009

NCBA applauded members of the Senate for passing Death Tax relief in a vote on the budget resolution last week. The Senate voted 51 to 48 to pass an amendment sponsored by Senators Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Jon Kyl of... more

Producers, Consumers Urged To Do What’s Right To Protect Against BSE
Cattle Network   April 2009

In a highly unusual move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday published in the Federal Register a last-minute notice regarding the agency’s intent to postpone its April 27, 2009, implementation of the final rule... more

New BSE related feed ban delayed by FDA
All About Feed   April 2009

The FDA said it was proposing the delay because some cattle industry groups have expressed concern about their ability to comply with the rule by Apr... more

Lawmakers ask for delay of new BSE rule
High Plains Journal (AP)   April 2009

Thirty members of Congress are calling for a delay on new rules that are intended to keep bovine spongiform encephalopathy out of the food supply but have created problems in disposing of dead cattle.... more