USDA: Decision On Older Canadian Cattle May Take Months (CattleNetwork.com) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--It may not be until the end of the year when the U.S. Department of Agriculture resubmits a proposal to lift its ban on older Canadian cattle, but it's still unclear if any changes will be made after new mad-cow disease discoveries there, USDA Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday. [News Source]

Canadian BSE Cow Might Have Missed Testing -R-CALF USA (CattleNetwork.com) KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--For more than a year, the beef from Canada's youngest victim of mad cow disease would have been eligible for export to the U.S., and even at 50 months of age, she might not have been tested for the disease if she hadn't died of an unrelated malady, according to Canada's testing protocol. [News Source]

South Korea says resumption of U.S. beef imports possible. The United States has addressed problems at some of its slaughterhouses designated to process meat bound for South Korea, clearing a key hurdle for Seoul to resume American beef imports, a South Korean official said Wednesday. [News Source]

BSE likely came from feed (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA (AP) -- An Alberta, Canada, dairy cow that was diagnosed last month with BSE (mad-cow disease) probably contracted the disease from contaminated feed, federal regulators said. [News Source]

Japan Fast-Food Chain To Resume Hit ‘Beef Bowl’ (CattleNetwork.com) TOKYO (AP)--The Japanese fast-food chain that made its fame on a rice dish topped with U.S. beef said Wednesday the "beef bowl" will return Sept. 18 after a two-year hiatus caused by a mad-cow scare. [News Source]

‘Beef Bowl’ to Return to Japan Eatery (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The Japanese fast-food chain that made its fame on a rice dish topped with American beef said Wednesday the "beef bowl" will return Sept. 18 after a two-year hiatus caused by a mad-cow scare. [News Source]

‘Beef Bowl’ to Return at Japan Eatery (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The Japanese fast-food chain that made its fame on a rice dish topped with American beef said Wednesday the "beef bowl" will return Sept. 18, after a two-year hiatus caused by a mad-cow scare -- but for just one day. [News Source]