Emergency training held to lessen livestock loss (FOX 11 Tucson) When most people think about first responders, firefighters and EMTs usually come to mind. What about when livestock are in danger? Today people trained for just that scenario. [News Source]

U.S. to Pressure China on Food and Product Safety at Coming Trade Talks (New York Times) The safety of imported goods has trumped broader economic concerns as Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. prepares for the third round of his ?strategic economic dialogue? with China. [News Source]

China raises its own import issues (International Herald Tribune) After pressing China for a new effort to police the safety of its food and other exports, Chinese leaders are pushing back with demands for commitments from the United States to insure the safety of its food and goods. [News Source]

China resisting pressure on product safety (International Herald Tribune) After pressing China for a new effort to police the safety of its exports, the White House is meeting resistance. [News Source]

The California experiment . If you wiped California off the face of the planet, just made it disappear—left behind no car or SUV, politician, person or cow—you’d eliminate only about 1.6 percent of the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet. [News Source]

Prion protein’s possible protective role. The function of mad cow's prion protein is not known, but a study suggests it may have a redox-protective role. [News Source]

US wants progress from Japan on economic reform: official (TODAYonline) A Japanese meat shop clerk of US based Supermarket Costco displays US imported beef packs in 2006. The United States wants "positive signals" from Japan that it is ready to move more quickly on economic reform to make up for lost opportunities between the two powers, a US official said Thursday. [News Source]

China Resisting Pressure on Product Safety (New York Times) After pressing China for a new effort to police the safety of its exports, the White House is meeting resistance. [News Source]

US wants progress from Japan on economic reform: official (AFP via Yahoo! News) The United States wants "positive signals" from Japan that it is ready to move more quickly on economic reform to make up for lost opportunities between the two powers, a US official said Thursday. [News Source]

US wants progress from Japan on economic reform (The Forex Market) TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - The US wants "positive signals" from Japan that it is ready to move more quickly on economic reform to make up for lost opportunities between the two powers, a US official said Thursday. [News Source]