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]

SEOUL STORE SUSPENDS U.S. BEEF SALES AFTER NEW DISCOVERY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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]

Red tape threatens organic gardener (Northwest Herald) WOODSTOCK – Mayo Underwood is keeping one nervous eye on the weather forecast, and the other on her empty bottle of fermented salmon head plant food. [News Source]

Japanese eye Montana beef (The Montana Standard) DILLON — Japanese people will only eat U.S. beef if they’re assured every cow imported from here has been tested for mad cow disease, a pair of businessmen from the island nation said here this week. [News Source]

U.S. House Passes Farm Bill Despite Last Minute Tax Fight (Environment News Service) WASHINGTON, DC , July 27, 2007 (ENS) - The 2007 Farm Bill passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives meets with the approval of the nation's two largest farmers' organizations. [News Source]