USDA to fight mad cow testing by Creekstone (Winfield Courier) 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]

Trembling over tainted food? Here’s a solution. Homeland security specialists have long been concerned that the U.S.'s food chain may be a prime target for terrorists. The recent experience with foodstuffs and medicines from China suggests these fears are well-founded. [News Source]

South Korea slaps de facto ban on imports of U.S. beef. South Korea slapped a de facto ban on imports of U.S. beef Monday after recent shipments were found to have been intended for domestic consumption, not for export, the Agriculture Ministry said. [News Source]

South Korea halts some U.S. beef imports. South Korea halted beef imports from plants owned by Cargill and Tyson Foods Inc. after determining the meat they shipped violated an export agreement with Washington, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. [News Source]

Humane Society of US again scaring people away from good diets? (AG Weekly) The Humane Society of the U.S. has, for years, been trying to frighten people away from consuming meat, milk and eggs -- but its recent testimony before a congressional committee reached a new low when the HSUS president, Wayne Pacelle, made the unsupported claim that pigs could be harboring the infamous and deadly British ‘mad cow” disease. [News Source]

Patients’ fury over blood test ‘betrayal’ (Guardian Unlimited) Doctors at NHS hospital carry out 'mad cow' analysis without permission. [News Source]

Patients’ fury over blood test ‘betrayal’ (Guardian Unlimited) Doctors were accused of gross betrayal last night after haemophiliac patients discovered that their blood samples were being tested for the human form of 'mad cow' disease without their knowledge. [News Source]