South Korean Pork Imports Slow Down In First Half (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) South Korean imports of pork slackened sharply in the first half of this year as domestic meat distributors cut back on them in the run-up to the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports next month, a government report showed Sunday. [News Source]

SOUTH KOREAN PORK IMPORTS SLOW DOWN IN FIRST HALF (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Livestock South Korean imports of pork slackened sharply in the first half of this year as domestic meat distributors cut back on them in the run-up to the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports next month, a government report showed Sunday. [News Source]

Krebs’ Christmas Lecture explores science of supper (Daily Yomiuri Online) Sir John Krebs, the principal of Oxford University's Jesus College, recently gave two-day sets of lectures on food science for children in Tokyo and Tottori Prefecture as this year's annual Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. [News Source]

In Ames, lab looks into leak problem. The National Animal Disease Center in Ames, which has been cited for a range of environmental and worker-safety violations in recent months, shut down its incinerator this week because the device occasionally leaked small amounts of smoke into a room occupied by workers. [News Source]

Hemingway Home, USDA in cat fight (Bradenton Herald) For more than 40 years, they have lounged on Ernest Hemingway's bed, lolled in his garden, and sipped water from the urinal he dragged home from his favorite saloon - all to the delight of tourists from around the world. [News Source]

Mad cow research to continue (NZZ) One of the world's leading experts on mad cow disease tells swissinfo why the Swiss government will continue research into the disease despite its near disappearance. [News Source]