Friday January 11th 2008, 12:09 pm
Consumers' concerns have driven the popularity of kosher products to new heights.
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Is Kosher Food Safer? (US News & World Report)
Japan Lifts Ban on Beef From US Plant (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Friday January 11th 2008, 9:04 am
Japan's agricultural ministry said Friday it has lifted a ban on beef imports from a U.S. meatpacker, after concluding that the company took proper measures to prevent a problematic shipment that had forced the suspension last year.
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New technology 80 times more effective at detecting mad-cow disease in the food chain (Business Weekly)
Friday January 11th 2008, 7:14 am
Cambridge based ProMetic Life Sciences says its new technology could improve the sensitivity of tests for mad-cow disease by "as much as 80-fold."
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