Latest Mad Cow Disease News

SEOUL STORE SUSPENDS U.S. BEEF SALES AFTER NEW DISCOVERY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Sunday July 29th 2007, 8:23 pm

Trade / foreign investment A Seoul discount store suspended sales of U.S. beef Sunday after a consumer complained that bone chips were found in the package he bought a day earlier, a store spokesman said. [News Source]

Seoul Store Suspends U.S. Beef Sales After New Discovery (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News)
Sunday July 29th 2007, 8:23 pm

A Seoul discount store suspended sales of U.S. beef Sunday after a consumer complained that bone chips were found in the package he bought a day earlier, a store spokesman said. [News Source]

THE INSIDER: House bill on spouse pay could hit home for some (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Sunday July 29th 2007, 4:59 pm

By AMAN BATHEJA, JOHN MORITZ, MARIA RECIO and ANNA M. TINSLEY Some members of Congress -- including Rep. Joe Barton , R-Arlington -- may soon see a drop in their household income after a recent House vote preventing congressional spouses from being paid with campaign funds. Spouses are already barred from receiving federal funds. But Barton's wife, Terri , received $57,759 for work on ... [News Source]

DA tightening rules on beef importation (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
Sunday July 29th 2007, 2:15 pm

Following the outbreak of hog cholera in Bulacan and Pampanga, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is also tightening the importation of beef from the United States and Canada to prevent the outbreak of mad cow disease. [News Source]

DA tightening rules on beef importation (Philstar.com)
Sunday July 29th 2007, 11:12 am

Following the outbreak of hog cholera in Bulacan and Pampanga, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is also tightening the importation of beef from the United States and Canada to prevent the outbreak of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Humane Society of US again scaring people away from good diets? (AG Weekly)
Sunday July 29th 2007, 12:27 am

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]