Mad cow testing program vendors were overpaid (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) A federal veterinarian in Madison has been reassigned after federal auditors concluded that he doctored records and... [News Source]

British beef shipments to France to start Wednesday (Reuters.co.uk) PARIS (Reuters) - The first shipment of British beef to France since the lifting of a ban imposed at the height of the 1990s mad cow crisis will be sold on the Rungis food market on Wednesday, an official said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Canada Govt: Concludes Investigation Into Latest BSE Case (CattleNetwork.com) WINNIPEG (Dow Jones)--The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, or CFIA, has concluded its investigation of "animals of interest" related to the confirmation of a six-year old dairy cow in British Columbia with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad-cow disease, on April 16, said a release from the CFIA. [News Source]

Tri-State Neighbor (Tri-State Neighbor) South Dakota State University’s Dave Henning paints a deceptively rosy picture of the mad cow crisis (“Future BSE problems are unlikely in the U.S.,” April 12 issue). [News Source]

Korea fears US may take beef case to WTO. The government is alert to the possibility that the United States will take the case to the World Trade Organization , should Korea continue to delay its import of U.S. beef. [News Source]

Agriculture News from HPJ - Your Ag News Source (High Plains Journal) OMAHA (DTN) -- Good Morning Ontario reported the search for cattle connected by birth or sources of feed with Canada's latest mad cow case has ended and all tests so far have been negative, officials said on Monday. [News Source]