Buying local. Many Maryland consumers and growers appreciate the goal of buying locally produced farm goods, spurred by this summer’s ‘‘buy local” campaigns. [News Source]

Heineman to lead Asian trade mission. With markets in Asia beginning to reopen to American beef exports at pre-2003 BSE levels, Gov. Dave Heineman is heading there this Labor Day weekend to expand Nebraska's trade opportunities. [News Source]

YB Meats owner finds success by sticking close to home. Every time there's a food safety scare, Eric Kauffman braces for a big business day. [News Source]

CDC downplays risk of CJD from placenta injections. Centers for Disease Control officials said yesterday that it is "exceedingly unlikely" that a Taiwanese woman contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human form of mad cow disease, after injecting herself with placenta extract. [News Source]

The CDC to make diagnosis of suspected CJD case. The Centers for Disease Control is expected to make an announcement early next month whether a suspected case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease reported in Tainan is indeed CJD, the human derivation of mad cow disease. [News Source]