S. Korea to stop beef imports from Nebraska slaughterhouse. South Korea said Friday it would suspend imports of beef from a Hastings, Neb., slaughterhouse after inspectors found three bone fragments in a shipment, a violation of an agreement related to mad cow disease. [News Source]

US meat industry blasts South Korea for beef bar. U.S. beef producers and packers excoriated South Korea on Friday for rejecting a second shipment of U.S. beef, accusing Seoul of unjustified stalling just a week before talks on a proposed free trade deal. [News Source]

Boffins discover new target to fight Mad Cow Disease (New Kerala) Washington, Dec 2: In a new study boffins at the University of Bonn, Germany have found a new target, they hope can cure Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly known as Mad Cow Disease. [News Source]

Boffins discover new target to fight Mad Cow Disease (ANI via Yahoo! India News) Washington, Dec 2 (ANI): In a new study boffins at the University of Bonn, Germany have found a new target, they hope can cure Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly known as Mad Cow Disease. The study, led by Alexander Pfeifer was conducted on a mouse model. BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), which is a related disease in humans that can occur spontaneously, be inherited, [News Source]

WORLD (Kansas City Star) South Korea said it would suspend imports of beef from a Nebraska slaughterhouse after inspectors found three bone fragments in a shipment, a violation of an agreement related to mad cow disease. [News Source]