Daiei to start limited U.S. beef sales (The Japan Times) Daiei Inc. said it will begin stocking American beef again Saturday after stopping sales in February 2004 out of fear of mad cow disease. Read more ... [News Source]

Educated eating habits (Vail Daily) Part of the Vail Symposium's mission is to educate the community about up-to-date, engaging and sometimes even controversial subjects. Active Minds, a regular speaker series, helps with that goal. [News Source]

BUSINESS Daiei to restart U.S. beef sales Saturday (Japan Today) TOKYO — Daiei Inc said Tuesday that it will resume sales of American beef on Saturday after stopping doing so in February 2004 for fear of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Better Mad Cow Test (ScienCentral) Scientists have taken a big step towards a quick, sensitive test for the proteins that go haywire in mad-cow disease. Because people or animals can be infected for years without showing symptoms, the researchers say developing a better test will be key to preventing a silent epidemic. [News Source]

Target locked (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report) Bob Odom cut his political teeth with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture in 1960, when that old cowboy Jimmie Davis was governor and future state CEO Kathleen Blanco had just completed high school. [News Source]

Daiei to Resume Selling U.S. Beef This Month (Japan Corporate News) Tokyo, Aug 14, 2007 (JCN) - Supermarket chain Daiei Inc. said Tuesday it will resume selling U.S. beef this month at 205 outlets across Japan. [News Source]

Prometic Revenues Increase to $6.1 M for the First Half of 2007 (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. today provided an update of the Company's milestones for the second half 2007 along with the most recent 2007 business highlights to date and the second quarter financial results. [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer) Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]