world (Kansas City Star) Japan will suspend beef imports from a U.S. meatpacker after finding packages of beef sausage in a shipment in violation of a regulation imposed because of mad cow concerns. [News Source]

Quarantined over feed error. About 8,000 cattle and deer from nine Saskatchewan farms are under quarantine after receiving feed that doesn't meet Canada's feed ban requirements, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday. [News Source]

Tracking diseases across the world. The Medical Research Council is to set up a new research centre to monitor the emergence of infectious diseases across the world. [News Source]