Meat too tough to eat. Millions of Americans now say no to meat: as they do so, their cholesterol levels plummet, their coronary arteries open up again, their waistlines shrink, and their cancer rates drop 40 percent. [News Source]

US ramps up beef exports to Japan. USDA says beef will slowly move back into the Japanese market, which has been dominated by Australia since the first US mad cow case in 2003. [News Source]

Canada mad-cow case shows safeguard lapse. The case of a relatively young Canadian mad cow points up the difficulties of enforcing feed bans to curb the spread of the disease. [News Source]

Canada cow diagnosed with mad cow disease (UPI) EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Canadian officials say a 50-month-old Alberta dairy cow contracted bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- or mad cow disease -- from contaminated feed. [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]

Some ranchers shy on first day since mad cow announcement (AG Weekly) TULIA, Texas -- West Texas rancher Kevin Crooks lost about $1 million in the year following the country's first case of mad cow 18 months ago. If he'd had cattle big enough to sell at the Tulia Livestock Auction on Monday, he wouldn't have brought a one. [News Source]