U.S. ranchers lobby asks Washington to rule if Canada violating BSE rules (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) WASHINGTON (CP) - An American ranchers group that has been trying to restrict the import of Canadian cattle into the United States tried a new approach Thursday. [News Source]

Canada Completes Probe of May Mad Cow Case (Planet Ark) WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Canada's 10th case of mad cow disease likely caught the deadly brain-wasting condition by eating contaminated feed, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. [News Source]

Kagawa shop searched over falsely labeled beef (The Japan Times) TAKAMATSU, Kagawa Pref. (Kyodo) Police raided meat outlet Fujiya Seiniku-ten in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Thursday on suspicion it supplied 1.3 tons of Australian beef falsely listed as... Read more ... [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]

Cross-contamination likely cause of BSE. The mature dairy cow that became Canada's 10th case of mad cow disease was probably infected by commercial feed that it received after weaning. [News Source]

Canada completes probe of May mad cow case. Canada's 10th case of mad cow disease likely caught the deadly brain-wasting condition by eating contaminated feed, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Feed cross-contamination likely cause of BSE case (Canada.com) OTTAWA -- The mature dairy cow that became Canada's 10th case of mad cow disease was probably infected by commercial feed that it received after weaning, says a report by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency released Wednesday. [News Source]

Japan’s farm minister Akagi to visit U.S. in early August (Japan Today) WASHINGTON — Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi plans to visit the United States in early August, sources involved in Japan-U.S. affairs said Wednesday. [News Source]

Mad Cow unfolds the layers of ‘Pericles’ (Orlando Sentinel) Get your imagination in gear for fantasy, adventure, comedy, mystery and more. The easiest way to get to the bottom of Pericles, the Shakespearean romance opening tonight at Mad Cow Theatre, is to spell out what it is -- and what it is not. [News Source]

Elk feedground study starts (Casper Star-Tribune) The Bridger-Teton National Forest has started the ball rolling on whether the Wyoming Game and Fish Department should receive a long-term permit to continue elk winter feeding and related management programs on forest lands. [News Source]