Japanese chain to serve U.S. beef again. A Japanese restaurant chain plans to resume serving U.S. beef next week, possibly becoming the first chain to do so since Tokyo eased an import ban last month. [News Source]

U.S. beef hardly regaining ground in Japan amid consumer worries. Japan's imports of U.S. beef have totaled only 82 tons since it reopened the market about a month ago, reflecting Japanese consumers' strong worries about mad cow disease contamination. [News Source]

Residents cope in close quarters. A year after Katrina, the government is still housing tens of thousands of people in mobile homes and travel trailers across Louisiana and Mississippi. [News Source]

Contaminated feed blamed in Canadian mad cow case (Canada.com) WINNIPEG -- Canada's seventh mad cow case since 2003 most likely contracted the brain-wasting disease from feed believed to have been contaminated at a manufacturing plant, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Thursday. [News Source]

Canadian mad-cow case likely from feed supply (Casper Star-Tribune) OTTAWA (AP) -- A Canadian dairy cow that was diagnosed last month with mad cow disease probably contracted the disease from contaminated feed, federal regulators said. [News Source]