Canada Gives Korea Beef Deadline
CANADA - Canada has drawn the line with South Korea; reopen the border to Canadian beef or else.

Korea Seeks Improved Disease Rating
SOUTH KOREA - Korea now qualifies as a controlled risk country for mad cow disease under the regulations of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Tuesday.

American Feed Rules Extended 60 Days
US - The April 27 implementation deadline of BSE feed rule amendments prohibiting the use of high-risk cattle material in feed for all animal species will be extended 60 days.

HK Relaxes on Canadian Bone-in Beef
HONG KONG - The Center for Food Safety of Hong Kong (CFS) announced Monday that the processing of applications for bone-in beef import from Canada would resume with immediate effect.

What Drove the Cow Mad? Lessons from a Tiny Fish
GERMANY - The scientists from Konstanz were able to show that the lack of PrP can cause clear physiological abnormalities in a living animal and the trick was to use the tiny zebrafish as a model.

FDA Increase Requirements for Disposal
US - Cattle disposal procedures will help reduce BSE but may increase price of production.

Mad Cow's Path to Brain Discovered
ITALY - An Italian researcher said she's figured out how the human mad cow disease travels from the stomach to the brain.

What to do with Dead Cattle?
US - A federal rule designed to prevent mad cow disease is causing uncertainty about how to dispose of dead cattle and other livestock.

Carcass Exported Without BSE Test
UK - The Agency has been notified that the carcass of a cow aged 34 months and 16 days has been exported without having been tested for BSE. At the time the cow was slaughtered, BSE testing was mandatory for cattle slaughtered for welfare reasons at...

Alzheimer's and Prion Proteins
YALE, US - Yale researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer's disease, linking the disorder and the prion protein, which can cause mad cow disease and other maladies.

Farmers Angry Over BSE Test Charge Plans
UK - Producers have reacted angrily to plans by some meat processors to pass charges for BSE testing back down the supply chain.

Alberta Surveillance Programme Lives
ALBERTA, CANADA - Despite rumors to the contrary, the Canada-Alberta BSE Surveillance Program (CABESP) is still alive and very active.

Charting BSE in Spain and Portugal
EU - On January 8, 2009, the Madrid Regional Environment Ministry confirmed the first case of BSE in Spain for 2009.

Untested Cow Enters UK Food Chain
UK - The Agency has been notified that a heifer aged two days over thirty months has entered the food supply without having been tested for BSE.

UK Tests Spark Industry Standoff
UK - An extraordinary stand-off has developed between some of the larger cow-buying abattoirs and auction markets, and there appears to be no resolution in sight.

NFU Disappointment at BSE Testing Cost Decision
UK - The NFU has expressed disappointment at the decision by a number of large meat processors to inform producers they will be making a charge to cover the cost of BSE testing for cattle over 48 months of age.

Canada-$10 Billion BSE Law Case.
CANADA - The cattle producers of Ontario, have filed a class action law suit against the Canada government in relation the mad cow disease outbreak in 2005.

Higher Age Tests Mean Savings of €8m
IRELAND - A new higher age for BSE cattle tests will deliver significant savings to farmers, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Brendan Smith declared yesterday.

Mad Cows in Spanish Capital
MADRID, SPAIN - The regional Environment ministry for Madrid has issued a statement to say that a 10-year-old cow from a farm in Galapagar diagnosed with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) on 29 December, has been put down at a local slaughterhou...

New Rule May See Illegal Dumping
NEBRASKA, US - Nebraska's state veterinarian is among those worried dead cattle could be left to rot in windbreaks or ditches because of a federal regulation intended to prevent mad cow disease.