Chinese Vice Premier Calls for Global Food-Safety Notification System (ID Access) NEW YORK (Nov. 17) – The vice premier of China yesterday called for closer international cooperation on food safety by establishing a notification system, reported the China Daily. [News Source]

Pa. rifle deer season opens Monday (The Sentinel) PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania’s two-week rifle deer season gets under way Monday when nearly one million hunters will go in search of deer to shoot. The season runs through Dec. 8. [News Source]

Border agents target pests, plants that threaten U.S. agriculture (The Bellingham Herald) U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agricultural agents Gina Collins, left, and Ken Adkins, search a refrigerated U.S.-bound trailer at the truck crossing in Blaine earlier this month. The agents were looking for foreign bugs and plants in the trailer. [News Source]

South Korea sees U.S. trade deal approval by February (Reuters via Yahoo! News) South Korea's trade minister said on Tuesday he expected parliament to approve a free trade deal with the United States by February, but cautioned that U.S. pressure on the beef and car sectors may create a backlash. [News Source]

Opener passes with few incidents in Pa. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) There were few major incidents Monday as an estimated 1 million hunters hit the woods in search of deer for the first day of the two-week rifle deer season. [News Source]