Judge: Government must allow private testing for mad cow (Lincoln Journal Star) WASHINGTON — The federal government must allow meatpackers to test their animals for mad cow disease, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Kansas meatpacker Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wants to test all of its cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. [News Source]

Judge allows private testing for mad cow (AP via Yahoo! News) The federal government must allow meatpackers to test their animals for mad cow disease, a federal judge ruled Thursday. [News Source]

South Korea, U.S. at End of Trade Talks (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Elite negotiators square off for days in a finely calibrated high-stakes showdown. National economic interest is on the line with a deadline for a deal just hours away. [News Source]

Judge: Government must allow private testing for mad cow… (KXMA-TV Dickinson) The federal government must allow meatpackers to test their animals for mad cow disease. That ruling today from a federal judge. [[kxtopic:kansas:t[Kansas]:t]] meatpacker Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wants to test all of its cows for the diseas [News Source]

New hopes of deal in SKorea-US trade talks (AFP via Yahoo! News) Hopes rose Thursday that South Korea and the United States can reach a free trade agreement before a weekend deadline, as the two countries' leaders stressed their support for a deal. [News Source]

U.S. Beef Returns To Japanese Stores (CBS News) American beef made its return onto Japanese supermarket shelves after a nearly three-year ban initially sparked by a 2003 outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States. Japan allows only meat from cows aged 20 months or younger. [News Source]

U.S. Beef Returns to Japan Supermarket (San Francisco Chronicle) U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer ate free samples of American beef Thursday at the first major Japanese supermarket to sell the meat after the lifting of a nearly three-year ban over worries about possible health hazards. "Good," he said, after popping... [News Source]

U.S., South Korea Hold High-Stakes Talks (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Elite negotiators square off for days in a finely calibrated high-stakes showdown. National economic interest is on the line with a deadline for a deal just hours away. [News Source]

Policy on fatal deer disease to continue. The Wisconsin State Department of Natural Resources decided Wednesday to continue an aggressive strategy to control chronic wasting disease for at least one more year. [News Source]

New hopes of deal in SKorea-US trade talks (AFP via Yahoo! News) Hopes rose Thursday that South Korea and the United States can reach a free trade agreement before a weekend deadline, as the two countries' leaders stressed their support for a deal. [News Source]