Canada toughens feed ban to stem mad cow disease (AFP via Yahoo! News) Canada is to extend a ban on feeding cattle parts to other cows to include all animal feeds, pet foods and fertilizers in hopes of eradicating madcow disease, the government said. [News Source]

New Canada rules aim to eradicate mad cow disease (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canada aims to eliminate mad cow disease within the next 10 years by banning high-risk tissue from all livestock feed, pet food and fertilizers, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Monday. [News Source]

Feed Company to Appeal Mad Cow Ruling (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Livestock feed company Ridley Inc. is trying to appeal a ruling that permits a class action lawsuit over mad cow disease to proceed through the courts. [News Source]

Single erroneous shipment won’t halt all U.S. beef, Aso says. In an apparent bid to ease American criticism, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Sunday that Japan won't halt all U.S. beef imports even if another shipment is found to contain parts at risk for mad cow disease. [News Source]

CJD-related disease can incubate for 50 years. People in Papua New Guinea who once feasted on their own relatives succumbed to prion disease as much as half a century later, say scientists who have laboriously tracked down the last sufferers in remote villages. [News Source]