S. Korea to Relax U.S. Beef Quarantines (IWon - Money) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday that it will lower its quarantine standards this month over banned bone fragments in American beef shipments, paving the way for the nation to resume U.S. beef imports. [News Source]

S. Korea to relax U.S. beef quarantines (AP via Yahoo! News) South Korea said Thursday that it will lower its quarantine standards this month over banned bone fragments in American beef shipments, paving the way for the nation to resume U.S. beef imports. [News Source]

South Korea opens door for U.S. beef imports (CNN.com) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea said Thursday that it will lower its quarantine standards this month over banned bone fragments in American beef shipments, paving the way for resuming U.S. beef imports. [News Source]

WEATHER FIRST 5/30 (KOAA) Fort Carson is putting out a plea to the Colorado Springs community to donate blood, which will be processed and shipped directly to Iraq for use in medical facilities there. [News Source]

Flaws in donor screening process (Selma Enterprise) Kingsburg High School students over the age of 17 participated in a drive some time ago and donated blood to the Central California Blood Bank (CCBC). [News Source]

A new option for dealing with dead livestock (Lancaster Online) To avoid paying higher rendering costs, some farmers are considering composting dead livestock on their farms. Penn State Cooperative Extension is encouraging composting even large cows over burial or illegal disposal. But a renderer warns that composting done incorrectly could spark a disea... [News Source]

Alberta ‘mad cow’ did not enter food chain. Alberta's latest case of mad cow disease involved a six-and-a-half year-old animal that was born and raised on the same farm where it died. [News Source]

Japan Bans Beef from One Tyson Foods Plant (The Morning News) Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. reported Friday that Japan has suspended beef exports from one of its seven U.S. beef packing facilities. [News Source]