Agriculture Department fights plan to test all cattle for mad cow (KLTV 7 Tyler) Associated Press - May 29, 2007 4:05 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration said today it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease. [News Source]

Bush Administration Fights Push For Mad Cow Tests (CBS 11 Fort Worth) The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease. The Agriculture Department tests less than 1 percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. More Local News More Political Headlines [News Source]

US on mad cow: Don’t test all cattle (AP via Yahoo! News) The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease . [News Source]

Taiwan says risk from Canadian beef very low (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News) A Taiwan advisory committee has determined the risk of mad cow disease from Canadian beef is very low, a food safety official said on Tuesday, possibly paving the way for the lifting of a four-year ban. [News Source]

SKorea accepts US demand for new beef talks (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korea has agreed to hold new talks on imports of US beef following an international ruling that mad cow disease is under control in the United States, Finance Minister Kwon O-Kyu said Monday. [News Source]

SKorea accepts US demand for new beef talks (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) South Korea has agreed to open new talks on imports of US beef following an international ruling that mad cow disease is under control in the United States, Finance Minister Kwon O-Kyu said Monday. [News Source]

SKorea accepts US demand for new beef talks (TODAYonline) A South Korean promoter displays US beef at a booth of US Meat Export Federation during the Korea International Retailing Industry Fair in Seoul, 23 May 2007. South Korea has agreed to open new talks on imports of US beef following an international ruling that mad cow disease is under control in the United States, Finance Minister Kwon O-Kyu said Monday. [News Source]

Senator Salazar fights to protect key food safety labs. The Food and Drug Administration lab in Denver is one of the most highly respected in the nation. Yet despite the Denver FDA lab's critical role in national security and the health of American livestock, the FDA has slated it for closure. [News Source]

Siege farmer’s crossbow rage ‘like mad cow disease’ (icWales) A MAN accused of setting fire to vehicles and threatening to kill police and council workers with a crossbow resembled “a beast with mad cow disease” a court was told yesterday. [News Source]

Japan expected to continue US beef exclusion. A key US rural lawmaker says there is little chance Japan will normalise its beef trade with America any time soon. [News Source]