Feed Recalled Over Mad Cow Violation (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Livestock feed ingredients shipped to nine states may have been contaminated with cattle remains in violation of a 1997 ban to protect against mad cow disease, a manufacturer said Tuesday. [News Source]

U.S.: Japan talks on beef making progress (AP via Yahoo! News) Prospects are improving for resuming American beef shipments to Japan, a major market that closed in January because of Japanese concerns about mad cow disease. [News Source]

New strain of mad cow disease not tied to feed (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul) The discovery of a new strain of mad cow disease that may strike spontaneously rather than through contaminated feed could mean that it [News Source]

Japan, US halt talks on lifting ban on US beef (AFP via Yahoo! News) Japan and the United States halted talks on whether to remove a ban on US beef imports imposed over fears of mad cow disease, news reports said. [News Source]

Japan, US set to agree on beef import resumption (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Japan is set to agree on the resumption of U.S. beef imports, suspended for five months due to concerns about mad cow disease, when senior officials of the two governments hold talks later on Tuesday, Japanese officials said. [News Source]

Japan closer to lifting ban on U.S. beef. Japan moved closer to lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports as officials from the two countries were to hold a teleconference later Tuesday to discuss conditions of resuming shipments. [News Source]

Scientist working on CWD test for live animals. A South Dakota State University scientist is doing research that could lead to a live animal test for chronic wasting disease. [News Source]

Mad Cow Comments Provoke Probe (CBS 4 Miami) Two workers at a national research center say they were threatened with their jobs after questioning how the facility handled the waste of animals used in mad cow disease research. [News Source]

Japan, US set to agree on beef import resumption (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Japan is set to agree on the resumption of U.S. beef imports, suspended for five months due to concerns about mad cow disease, when senior officials of the two governments hold talks later on Tuesday, Japanese officials said. [News Source]

Mad Cow Comments Provoke Probe (CBS News) Two workers at a laboratory which does research on mad cow disease, say their jobs were threatened after asking questions about waste disposal. A spokeswoman for the lab says the comments were sarcastic, and not serious threats. [News Source]