Japan to suspend shipments from California meatpacker (The Beatrice Daily Sun) TOKYO - Japan will suspend beef imports from a California meatpacker after finding packages of beef sausage in a shipment in violation of a regulation imposed over mad cow concerns, the government said Friday. [News Source]

Japan To Suspend Shipments From US Meatpacker Over Error (CattleNetwork.com) TOKYO (AP)-- Japan will suspend beef imports from a U.S. meatpacker after finding packages of beef sausage in a shipment that violates a regulation Tokyo imposed over mad cow concerns, the government said Friday. [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]