Nations Reach Consensus On Food Safety (BruDirect.com) Bandar Seri Begawan - More than 600 delegates from around the world reached a consensus on food safety in Beijing on Tuesday. [News Source]

My life as a dog: Adventures in RFID research (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) Adam Laurie lived a few Novembers as a dog earlier this year. By duplicating the RFID tags used to identify pets in the United Kingdom and sewing it into his watch strap, Laurie, an independent security researcher, re-created his dog's ID as a hacking exercise. However, this kind of virtual animal cloning could become a serious issue as industrialized countries roll out RFID-based systems to ... [News Source]

US Official Pushes US-SKorean Trade Deal (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Failure by U.S. lawmakers to ratify a free trade pact with South Korea would damage the United States' credibility in Asia and hamper its future trade in the booming region, according to a senior U.S. trade official. [News Source]

Is your supper putting you at risk for superbugs? Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been transferred from animals to humans, and many of the studies we reviewed found that this transference poses significant risks for human health. [News Source]

Food safety endeavor goes global. Delegates from 45 countries and regions Tuesday issued a joint declaration in Beijing to boost information exchange on food contamination and disease outbreaks. [News Source]

U.S. ends increased testing of Canadian meat (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canadian meat and poultry exports will no longer be subjected to increased U.S. testing after audits of the country's meat system showed it was safe, the U.S. Agriculture Department said in a letter to Canadian officials. [News Source]

U.S. ends increased testing of Canadian meat (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canadian meat and poultry exports will no longer be subjected to increased U.S. testing after audits of the country's meat system showed it was safe, the U.S. Agriculture Department said in a letter to Canadian officials. [News Source]

Rising loonie a nightmare for farmers Value of dollar combining with other problems to create trouble for southwestern … (Strathroy Age Dispatch) For consumers, the rising value of the Canadian dollar has brought dreams of lower prices, but for farmers it’s a nightmare. “It’s having a very detrimental effect,” said Henry Aukema, president of the Middlesex Pork Producers’ Association. [News Source]

Heather Moore: Is your supper putting you at risk for superbugs? (UN Observer) 2007-11-28 | Most of the antibiotics used in this country (U.S.) aren’t given to human patients—they are fed to animals on factory farms, putting us all at risk for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The best way to beat MRSA and other “superbugs” is to stop eating meat. [News Source]

Local News (St. Catharines Standard) "The downturn we're in, there's going to be people hurt really bad," says John Colyn, shown with his wife, Mary, inside their Tintern pig farm. [News Source]