China calls for reason as food safety fears mount (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Under pressure after a U.S. move against Chinese seafood and a huge recall of Chinese toothpaste in Japan, Beijing urged trade partners on Friday to accept its products unless they violate contract terms or local regulations. [News Source]

China to trade partners: Take our products (CNN Money) Beijing urges trade partners to accept Chinese goods as concerns about safety mount. [News Source]

U.S. tries to sell beef to China amid food disputes (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The United States has again requested access to the Chinese market for American beef, the quarantine administration said, despite a spate of safety and trade disputes over Chinese seafood and pet food and U.S. fruit. [News Source]

Major Japanese supermarket chain puts US beef back on its shelves (Chinapost.com.tw) Major Japanese supermarket chain Ito-Yokado Co. brought American beef back to its shelves Friday, about 3 1/2 years after sales were halted in the wake of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, a parent company spokesman said. [News Source]

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]