‘Mad-Cow’ Variant Not Now a Risk (RedNova) By Jennifer L. Boen, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Jun. [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]

Prime US beef on the menu (Bangkok Post) An importer of US beef is preparing to use Certified Angus Beef (CAB) as a flagship product to reinstate its position as a market leader in Thailand. US beef has lost a significant share in the Thai market since it was banned in 2003 due to mad cow disease. [News Source]

U.S. group claims banned Canadian cows moving across the border. A U.S. food safety group is complaining that older Canadian cows, thought to be at higher risk of mad cow disease, are making their way across the border despite the fact that they're still banned. [News Source]

‘Mad-cow’ variant not now a risk (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel) The news that since January four northeast Indiana residents are suspected to have died from a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease often mistaken for “mad-cow disease” should not overly concern residents, public health officials say. [News Source]