Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Seoul braces for US pressure for wider beef imports (TODAYonline)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 11:52 pm

South Korean workers unload a cargo containing imported US beef at the Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, 23 April 2007. South Korea will not immediately ease restrictions on US beef imports despite an international ruling that mad cow disease is under control in the the United States, officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Seoul braces for US pressure for wider beef imports (AFP Business News via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 11:39 pm

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will not immediately ease restrictions on US beef imports despite an international ruling that mad cow disease is under control in the the United States, officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Seoul braces for US pressure for wider beef imports (AFP via Yahoo!7 News)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 11:39 pm

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will not immediately ease restrictions on US beef imports despite an international ruling that mad cow disease is under control in the the United States, officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Mad Cow Risk is Controlled Josh Pringle (580 CFRA News Talk Radio)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 9:36 pm

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U.S., Canada Designated `Controlled-Risk’ for BSE (Update4) (Bloomberg.com)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 4:36 pm

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and Canada have been classified ``controlled-risk'' nations for mad-cow disease by the World Organization for Animal Health, a designation that may help revive beef exports that plummeted after outbreaks in 2003. [News Source]

U.S., Canada urge beef trade after safety ruling (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 3:55 pm

The United States and Canada on Tuesday pressed trading partners to drop lingering trade barriers without delay on the heels of a ruling bolstering the safety status of beef exports from both countries. [News Source]

US, Canada declared “controlled risk” zones for mad-cow disease (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 3:26 pm

The United States and Canada have been classified as countries with a "controlled risk" of mad-cow disease, the world's top agency for safety in meat and farm animal trade agreed on Tuesday. [News Source]

Health agency: Canada’s mad cow risk controlled (CNews)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 1:56 pm

PARIS (CP) - The world's leading agency on animal health is giving Canada a stamp of approval for its surveillance moves to limit and eradicate mad cow disease. [News Source]

Global animal health agency says Canada’s mad cow risk is controlled (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 1:43 pm

PARIS (CP) - The world's leading agency on animal health is giving Canada a stamp of approval for its surveillance moves to limit and erradicate mad cow disease. [News Source]

OIE relaxes safety rating on U.S., Canadian beef (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday May 22nd 2007, 12:40 pm

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) softened its security rating on U.S. and Canadian cattle on Tuesday, a move set to revive their beef exports, crippled since mad cow disease surfaced a few years ago. [News Source]