Many Ohioans think state’s farmland at risk. A new survey suggests the farming industry is increasingly moving away from its roots. [News Source]

Japan chain beefs up menu. Zenshoku Co., which specializes in barbecue restaurants, began serving American beef at 57 of its outlets on Tuesday -- the first restaurants to do so since the easing of Japan's ban on U.S. beef, imposed in 2003 due to mad cow concerns. [News Source]

RFID May Be Key To Finding Latest Mad Cow Case (Network Computing) Canada has spotted more cases of mad cow disease, and some U.S. experts say an aggressive RFID tagging program has helped find sick animals faster. [News Source]

State changing cattle ID system. A new Michigan law mandates that all cattle leaving the farm of origin as of March 1, must have an electronic ear tag, known as a Radio Frequency Identification tag. [News Source]

Briton in Hong Kong vCJD probe. A British man visiting Hong Kong has been admitted to hospital after showing symptoms of variant CJD, the human form of "mad cow disease." [News Source]

Suspected case of mad cow disease not confirmed. A British tourist with suspicious symptoms of mad cow disease is being monitored but the diagnosis has not been confirmed yet. [News Source]

UK tourist in mad cow disease fear. A 23-year-old British man visiting Hong Kong is in critical condition with a suspected case of the human variation of mad cow disease. [News Source]

South Korea bans U.S. poultry. Domestic poultry headed for South Korea was sidelined for the past two weeks while two migratory swans were tested for avian flu in Michigan. [News Source]

Tourist in Hong Kong suspected of having human variation of mad cow (Vancouver Province) HONG KONGÂ - A 23-year-old British man visiting Hong Kong was in hospital in critical condition with a suspected case of the human variation of mad cow disease, hospital officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

British Tourist Has Suspected Mad Cow Disease In Hong Kong (Medical News Today) A 23-year-old British tourist of Chinese origin has been hospitalized in Hong Kong with suspected vCJD, the human version of mad cow disease, say authorities. The man is at the Prince of Wales Hospital - the hospital has adopted infection control measures. He is said to be in a 'critical condition'.Doctors say he had intestinal surgery.Tests do not seem to confirm or rule out vCJD. [click link [News Source]