Warning issued on beef supplier to schools. The California Department of Education has urged school districts across the state to stop serving all but a few beef products after allegations that a Chino-based meat supplier butchered weak or ill cattle. [News Source]

Slaughterhouse’s beef banned due to abuse. Two major hamburger chains and dozens of school districts around the nation have banned meat from a Chino slaughterhouse after a video showed workers brutalizing sick and crippled cows, officials said Friday. [News Source]

Slaughterhouse’s beef banned due to abuse (Contra Costa Times) LOS ANGELES -- Two major hamburger chains and dozens of school districts around the nation have banned meat from a Chino slaughterhouse after a video showed workers brutalizing sick and crippled cows, officials said Friday. [News Source]

Letters to the Editor: 2-4-08 (Daily Bulletin) Widen Highway 71 - In response to Corona Mayor Jeff Miller's Jan. 30 Point of View article, "Governor on course for 241 Toll Road," I must admonish him for his swiftness in praising the governor. [News Source]

Australia Beef Exports to Fall on Output, Competition (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Beef exports from Australia, the world's second-largest shipper of the meat, may fall 5.5 percent this year because of a drop in production and as Japan and South Korea are expected to ease restrictions on U.S. imports. [News Source]

Warning issued on beef supplier to schools (Whittier Daily News) The California Department of Education has urged school districts across the state to stop serving all but a few beef products after allegations that a Chino-based meat supplier butchered weak or ill cattle. [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer) Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]

RESOLUTION OF BEEF ROW VITAL FOR U.S. FTA: SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIAL (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Agribusiness   South Korea sees the resolution of a beef trade spat with the United States as a key to winning U.S. Congressional approval of a free trade agreement that the two countries signed last June, a Seoul official said Monday. [News Source]

Resolution Of Beef Row Vital For U.S. Fta: South Korean Official (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) South Korea sees the resolution of a beef trade spat with the United States as a key to winning U.S. Congressional approval of a free trade agreement that the two countries signed last June, a Seoul official said Monday. [News Source]