Japan suspends U.S. beef imports (KABC-TV Los Angeles) Japan suspended beef imports from a U.S. meatpacking plant after recent shipments failed to meet Japanese import regulations. [News Source]

Japan suspends US beef imports (Chicago Tribune) Japan suspended beef imports from a U.S. meatpacking plant after recent shipments from the facility contained products that failed to meet Japanese import regulations, officials said Sunday. [News Source]

U.S. beef violates age restriction (The Japan Times) A shipment of U.S. beef contains meat that violates an age restriction Japan imposed to prevent the spread of mad cow disease, the farm and health ministries announced Saturday. Read more ... [News Source]

BUSINESS Beef shipment from U.S. found to have violated import regulation (Japan Today) TOKYO — The U.S. government has informed Japan of a shipment of U.S. beef that contained meat that failed to meet a Japanese import regulation, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced Saturday. [News Source]

Opening border heightens disease risk to U.S. cattle, consumers (AG Weekly) USDA’s mandate is to prevent BSE from entering the United States, but the first thing the agency said (when announcing) this rule is designed to normalize cattle trade with Canada. [News Source]

EU food-safety agency backs products from cloned animals. Europe's food-safety agency endorsed meat and milk derived from cloned animals, triggering what is likely to be a fierce political battle over whether to allow their sale to consumers. [News Source]

EU food-safety agency backs products from cloned animals. Europe's food-safety agency endorsed meat and milk derived from cloned animals, triggering what is likely to be a fierce political battle over whether to allow their sale to consumers. [News Source]

Author’s beef is with the media (CNews) Producers told their industry needs makeover. Battered in recent years by the mad cow scare, animal-rights activists, and health concerns about red meat, Ontario's beef industry needs a makeover, producers heard. [News Source]

Author’s beef is with the media (London Free Press) Battered in recent years by the mad cow scare, animal-rights activists, and health concerns about red meat, Ontario's beef industry needs a makeover, producers heard. [News Source]

Wichita Clinic to open another west-side office (The Wichita Eagle) The Wichita Clinic is opening a second west-side location next month when dermatologist Raashid Haque relocates his practice to 9000 W. Central. The Wichita Clinic is leasing the 3,500-square-foot space, between Tyler and Maize roads, which will feature four exam rooms. In November 2006, the clinic opened its new building at the Office Park at Eberly Farm. The move followed the closing of the ... [News Source]