Markets regain appetite for British produce (Financial Times) UK exports of food and drink are on track to hit their highest levels in nearly a decade as British produce regains its appeal overseas after recovering from the taint of "mad cow" and foot and mouth disease. [News Source]

Fewer Americans stopping at wineries (St. Catharines Standard) The tourism market was tough enough when Daniel Pambianchi bought Maleta Vineyards & Estate Winery three years ago. The slump from the SARS outbreak in Toronto in 2003 lingered. Mad cow disease was still on the minds of visitors. [News Source]

House bill directs FDA to revamp food safety work. The U.S. House passed a $90.7 billion funding bill on Thursday that orders the Food and Drug Administration to write a plan for improving its food safety work, brought into doubt by tainted imports this year. [News Source]

Korea could cut off US beef again. Unauthorised animal parts, including vertebrae, have been found in US beef shipped to South Korea, just as the United States pushes for a full reopening of what once had been the third-largest overseas market for its beef. [News Source]

S. Korea blocking U.S. beef imports. South Korea, Asia’s second-biggest beef importer, has halted imports of the meat from the United States after a shipment from Cargill Inc. was found to contain a bone part banned as a precaution against mad-cow disease. [News Source]

South Korea effectively halts U.S. beef imports after banned parts found in recent shipment (Lincoln Journal Star) SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has effectively suspended U.S. beef imports over mad cow concerns after a recent shipment was found to have contained banned parts, a news report said Thursday. [News Source]