Beijing confiscates Canadian beef on fear of mad cow disease (China Daily) Animal health supervision officers of Beijing have confiscated 60 cartons of beef from Canada which has been hit by mad cow disease. [News Source]

Japan in beef with U.S. over shipment. Potentially unsafe U.S. beef has been discovered among meat shipments to Japan, the farm and health ministries said Friday. [News Source]

Japan set to ban beef from plant in Nebraska. Plant owner Tyson Foods Inc. acknowledged the problem, saying the boxes of beef were mistakenly included in a shipment destined for export from its Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Lexington, Neb. [News Source]

Canada mad cow case delays Mexico import plans. Mexico has postponed plans to reopen its borders to dairy cattle imports from Canada after a case of mad cow disease was found in an Alberta bull last week. [News Source]

Scientists study nasal route, mad cow connection. A pair of Creighton University researchers wondered whether animals might sniff up not only scents but also prions, the abnormally shaped proteins responsible for mad cow and other brain-wasting diseases, that might be left behind on surfaces by infected animals. [News Source]

China confiscates over 2,000 kg of beef from Canada (New Kerala) Beijing, Feb 17: China has confiscated over 2,000 kg of Canadian beef in Beijing recently which may have been contaminated by mad cow disease, the state media reported today. [News Source]

Tyson Sides With USDA On Canada Beef Imports (The Morning News) Wednesday's discovery of Canada's ninth case of mad cow disease has several interested U.S. cattle groups now voicing opposition to the American government's plan to fully resume imports of older Canadian cattle. [News Source]

Tyson mistakenly violates Japanese mad cow codes (Lexington Clipper-Herald) A costly mistake at the Lexington Tyson plant has placed a dark cloud over the beef exports to Japan once again. Japanese officials found meat in a shipment from Lexington's Tyson that may violate a regulation imposed over mad cow concerns; also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). [News Source]

Maricopa man admits defrauding government (The Arizona Republic) A Maricopa man and his company have admitted defrauding the government of $390,000 by delivering bogus specimens to U.S. Department of Agriculture labs testing for mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Japan to suspend beef imports from Lexington plant (Lincoln Journal Star) TOKYO — Japan will suspend beef imports from a Tyson Foods processing plant in Lexington, Neb., after finding meat in a shipment that may violate a regulation imposed over mad cow concerns, the government said Friday. [News Source]