Cattle ID technology meets opposition. The newest dirty words among a growing number of cattle farmers are "premise ID" and "animal tracking device," terms that are part of a federal initiative designed to identify and trace back a case of mad cow disease within 48 hours should one occur. [News Source]

Tyson May Resume Beef Exports (The Ledger) Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat processor, hopes to resume beef sales to South Korea now that the Asian nation has finalized plans to lift a 2003 ban imposed over mad cow disease fears. South Korea had been Tyson's third-largest foreign beef market. [News Source]

Tyson hopes to resume beef exports with lifting of South Korea ban (Sioux City Journal) Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat processor, hopes to resume beef sales to South Korea now that the Asian nation has finalized plans to lift a 2003 ban imposed over mad cow disease fears. [News Source]

Japanese ‘beef bowl’ chain joyously restores U.S. beef (Lincoln Journal Star) TOKYO — The Japanese fast-food chain that made its fame on a rice dish topped with American beef said the “beef bowl” will return Sept. 18 after a two-year hiatus caused by a mad-cow scare. [News Source]