Taiwan’s DOH Rules Out Imports Of Beef With Bones (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) A Department of Health (DOH) official said Thursday that without expert evaluation and approval, Taiwan will not import beef with bones from any country at present. [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]

Japan to examine US-submitted data on American beef imports. Japan and the United States wrapped up two-day talks Thursday after exchanging technical views and data on American beef imports but there was no agreement on Washington's calls for Tokyo to relax its import restrictions, officials said. [News Source]

COA ASKS OIE TO REVIEW TAIWAN’S MAD COW DISEASE RISK CLASSIFICATION (Central News Agency) Taipei, June 28 (CNA) The Council of Agriculture (COA) has asked the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to review its stringent categorization of Taiwan as a country with "effective controlled risk" for mad cow disease, an official said Thursday. [News Source]

Japanese supermarket giant puts US beef back on shelves (AFP via Yahoo! News) One of Japan's top supermarket chains, Ito-Yokado Co., said Thursday it would resume sales of US beef at stores in Tokyo after taking it off the shelves due to a mad cow disease scare. [News Source]

Dead cow tests positive for mad cow disease in Hokkaido (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ The Hokkaido prefectural government said Thursday that a dead cow has tested positive for mad cow disease. [News Source]

S.Korea to inspect beef facilities in US (AP via Yahoo! News) South Korea said Thursday it will conduct on-site inspections of beef industry facilities in the United States this weekend ahead of talks about further easing Seoul's restrictions on imports of American beef. [News Source]