It’s not exactly ‘mad salmon,’ but something is fishy about lox news (JTA) First there was mad cow disease. Now a study warning about carcinogens in farmed Scottish salmon has left some British Jews fearing that they´ll have to give up that staple of the Jewish diet — lox. [News Source]

Easing of blood ban studied to lift stocks. Blood bans introduced in Australia to prevent the spread of the human equivalent of "mad-cow" disease may be lifted by Health Minister Tony Abbott as he seeks to boost the domestic supply of donor blood and plasma. [News Source]

Seoul bends on beef, but Washington still dissatisfied. U.S. wants full acceptance of its beef imports; S.K. grants partial compromise. [News Source]

South Korea softens beef import rules. 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 resumption of U.S. beef imports. [News Source]

U.S., Canada May Get `Controlled-Risk’ Status for BSE (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and Canada may be added to the World Organization for Animal Health's list of nations where mad-cow disease is controlled, helping the countries recover beef exports that plummeted after mad-cow outbreaks in 2003. [News Source]

OIE says U.S. a mad cow “controlled risk” country (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The U.S. Agriculture Department said efforts to control mad cow disease are working after the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared on Friday the United States is a "controlled risk" country for mad cow disease. [News Source]

OIE says Canada controlling mad cow risk: Ottawa (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The World Organization for Animal Health, or OIE, has recommended that Canada be categorized as a "controlled risk" country for mad cow disease, Canada's agriculture minister said on Friday. [News Source]

U.S., Canada May Be Designated `Controlled-Risk’ for Mad Cow (Bloomberg.com) March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and Canada may be included on the World Organization for Animal Health's list of countries where the risks of mad-cow disease have been brought under control. [News Source]

WORC wants COOL of beef (Meat News) UNITED STATES: Organization calls for this move following latest BSE find in Canada. [News Source]

U.S., South Korea strive for trade deal (AP via Yahoo! News) The U.S. and South Korea have intensified efforts to wrap up a landmark free trade agreement in a final push to reach a politically acceptable deal, Washington's chief negotiator said Friday. [News Source]