`The mark of the beast.’ Government officials say tracking animals is all about protecting public health. But former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore thinks the tracking system is a dire threat to personal liberty. [News Source]

US agrees to extra training for workers handling beef exports to Japan The United States has agreed to require further training of American workers handling beef exports to Japan, U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

vCJD May Lie Dormant for Years. Many more people may be at risk of contracting vCJD than previously thought, according to research out today. [News Source]

State stops culling herds of deer, elk. The Colorado Division of Wildlife is giving up on the controversial practice of killing deer and elk to help contain the spread of chronic wasting disease. [News Source]

Following the herd. With animal disease a pressing health and economic issue, Ohio and other states are working to implement a system for quick tracking of an animal's history. [News Source]

Japan still has U.S. beef concerns. Agriculture official says more talks about mad cow disease are needed before two-month ban on imports is lifted. [News Source]

Alabama mad cow is Florida concern. When an Alabama cow died of mad cow disease two weeks ago, red flags went up in the border state of Florida. [News Source]

Anything into oil. Turkey guts, junked car parts, and even raw sewage go in one end of this plant, and black gold comes out the other end. The catch? It may not happen in the United States. [News Source]

Government is in the way of BSE tests. You’d think that if a company wanted to provide more than the government minimum testing to assure consumers that its beef was safe, it would have the right. [News Source]

Japan, U.S. begin technical talks on beef. Japan and the United States began a two-day technical meeting Tuesday in Tokyo to discuss Washington's request that Japan lift its import ban on American beef. [News Source]