Blood donor pool shrinking (Naples Daily News) The number of individuals in the U.S. eligible to donate blood is significantly lower than previously believed, by as much as one-third, an ominous finding as the nation’s aging population needs more surgeries, which strains blood supplies. [News Source]

Letters To The Editor (Garden City News) More Control Needed To The Editor: Shortly after the announcement that a downed cow in Washington State was diagnosed with BSE (a.k.a. "Mad Cow" disease). The United States Department off Agriculture (USDA) wisely implemented a policy prohibiting the use of downed cattle in human food. [News Source]

UK lab may be source of Legionnaires and foot and mouth (The New Zealand Herald) LONDON - The public labs run by the Institute of Animal Health at Pirbrighthave become embroiled in a fresh controversy after revelations that a contractor who worked at the site has contracted Legionnaire's Disease. [News Source]

Fresh produce bigger concern than meat (Canada.com) While most think of meat as the culprit when they hear about food poisoning, more cases of foodborne illness are caused by produce. The federal government has issued nearly 90 food recalls and alerts so far this year -- and only four involved meat contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria. [News Source]

Forward.com (Forward) The nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse, already the subject of allegations about its treatment of workers and the animals it slaughters, has also been chastised by government regulators for its food safety record, according to newly released documents. [News Source]

Fresh produce bigger concern than meat (Vancouver Province) The federal government has issued nearly 90 food recalls and alerts so far this year -- and only four involved meat contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria. [News Source]

Opinion & Analysis (The Herald) Quelea birds: Effective control vital DESPITE the fact that the farmers’ arsenal against quelea birds looks impressive — covering aerial spraying of chemicals, special traps and other methods being experimented on — policy makers and animal rights groups say efforts at the moment should be directed towards effective, sensitive and collective approaches to control the troublesome birds. [News Source]

The Philippines bans UK meat (Food Production Daily) 09/08/2007 - The country today banned manufacturers from importing pork products from the UK, according to local news reports, as apprehension over foot and mouth (FMD) spreads across Asia. [News Source]

Meat’s probably safer than ever (Montreal Gazette) The federal government has issued nearly 90 food recalls and alerts so far this year - and only four involved meat contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria. [News Source]