New mad cow case in Czech Republic. A 25th suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was detected in a 72-month-old cow, from a farm in the northwest Czech Republic. [News Source]

Is organic food really a better buy? Propelled by food scares over mad cow disease and E.coli infection, organics have boomed nationwide, growing by as much as 20 percent annually. [News Source]

Great performances fill ‘Laughter’ with just that (Orlando Sentinel) Mad Cow captures the spirit of a Noel Coward comedy When Garry Essendine complains that his wife treats him "like an idiot child," he has no one to blame but himself. [News Source]

First shipment of US beef banned in South Korea (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korea has banned the first shipment of US beef to arrive following a three-year ban, after a small piece of bone was found in violation of an agreement to combat mad cow disease. [News Source]

South Korea Rejects First U.S. Beef Since Ending Ban (Update3) (Bloomberg.com) Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea, the third-largest buyer of U.S. beef in 2003, rejected the first shipment of the meat to arrive since lifting a three-year ban imposed on mad-cow fears, saying it found a bone fragment that violated an agreement. [News Source]

S. Korea suspends U.S. beef imports (AP via Yahoo! News) South Korea said Friday it would suspend beef imports from a U.S. slaughterhouse after a bone was found in a shipment, a violation of a mad cow disease agreement. [News Source]