Talking turkey. Even if the new department has improved on its predecessor in many ways, this reluctance to share information is reminiscent of the bad old ways of the BSE crisis. [News Source]

South Korea beef ban stands. The United States failed to narrow differences with South Korea over Seoul’s boycott of American beef. [News Source]

Fears grow that bird flu virus has entered food chain. The avian flu virus that led to the culling of 160,000 birds on a Bernard Matthews turkey farm may have entered the human food supply. [News Source]

9th case of mad cow disease confirmed in Canada (AG Weekly) OTTAWA (AP) — The United States said Thursday it would dispatch a specialist to help investigate Canada’s latest case of mad cow, but that Washington did not expect the new finding to hurt trade between the two countries. [News Source]