Consumers ’support BSE feed ban.’ Consumers "remember BSE" and do not want the ban on feeding animal remains to livestock lifted. [News Source]

Supermarkets say they will not sell chicken fed on pork if ban is lifted. Two supermarket chains have ruled out selling meat from animals fed on animal byproducts despite proposals put before the EU to relax the current ban on the practice. [News Source]

USDA appeals beef test ruling. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will appeal a ruling by a federal judge that would allow Creekstone Farms Premium Beef of Arkansas City and other meatpackers to test all their animals for mad cow disease, a USDA spokesman said Friday. [News Source]

NZ mad cow disease risk ‘negligible’. The main world body for animal health has recognised New Zealand as having "negligible" risk of mad cow disease, scientificially known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). [News Source]

USDA fights testing all meat for mad cow disease (The Plain Dealer) Washington- The Bush administration said 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. [News Source]