U.S. expands Canadian cattle imports (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) Canadian cattle over 30 months of age will be allowed into the U.S. market starting Nov. 19, the Agriculture Department said Friday in expanding its policy on mad cow disease. In May 2003, the discovery of an Alberta cow with mad cow disease caused the United States to slam the border shut to cattle imports from Canada. The border between the world's largest trade partners reopened for Canadian ... [News Source]

US expands Canadian cattle imports (AP via Yahoo! News) Canadian cattle over 30 months of age will be allowed into the U.S. market starting Nov. 19, the Agriculture Department said Friday in expanding its policy on mad cow disease. [News Source]

US expands Canadian cattle imports (AP via Yahoo! News) Canadian cattle over 30 months of age will be allowed into the U.S. market starting Nov. 19, the Agriculture Department said Friday in expanding its current policy on mad cow disease. [News Source]

U.S. to allow import of older Canadian cows as of November (CBC Manitoba) Older Canadian cattle will once again be allowed into the American market, the U.S. government has announced, saying the risk of mad-cow disease from Canada is negligible. [News Source]

U.S. to allow import of older Canadian cattle (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The United States said on Friday it would expand cattle trade with Canada and urged beef-importing nations to eliminate unnecessary barriers erected after the mad-cow scare earlier this decade. [News Source]

U.S. urges updated mad-cow rules worldwide (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The United States said it would expand cattle trade with Canada on Friday and urged beef-importing nations worldwide to eliminate unnecessary barriers erected due to the mad-cow scare early this decade. [News Source]

U.S. to allow import of older Canadian cows as of November (CBC Prince Edward Island) Older Canadian cattle will once again be allowed into the American market, the U.S. government has announced, saying the risk of mad-cow disease from Canada is negligible. [News Source]

USDA issues rule for import of older Canada cattle (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday issued a final rule that would allow the import of older Canadian cattle and beef from them into the United States, now banned due to concerns over mad cow disease. [News Source]

Most curbs on cattle from Canada to end (Toronto Star) The U.S. Department of Agriculture is due to issue a rule today lifting most of the remaining import restrictions on beef and cattle from Canada after finding that the animals pose "minimal risk" for mad-cow disease. [News Source]