Canada confirms new case of mad cow disease (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canada confirmed a new case of mad cow disease on Tuesday, the 12th since 2003, and said the animal in question was a six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta that had most probably eaten infected feed. [News Source]

Canada says bad feed likely cause of mad cow case (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The latest case of mad cow disease in Canada is most likely linked to residual contamination in the animal feed system, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Scripps to fight energy disease. Scripps Florida is entering a new era with Roy Periana. He's pursuing a cure for the common oil conundrum. He wants to make it non-destructive to the planet. [News Source]

Beef up inspections. It took a videotape obtained by an undercover operative for the Humane Society of the United States to spark the recall of 143 million pounds of beef, the largest recall in the history of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [News Source]

County landfill buries recalled beef. The King County landfill is burying thousands of cases of recalled beef this week as area school districts dump potentially contaminated meat from Westland Meat of Chino, Calif. [News Source]

UK farmers forced to ride income rollercoaster. British farming incomes rose overall last year, largely as a result of increased cereal prices, but farmers' leaders recently warned that this masked a "dangerously divided" industry. [News Source]

Chinese drug maker defends plant’s safety. The Chinese heparin-materials industry is under a spotlight as foreign drug makers and others in the health field wonder about the quality of its products. [News Source]

California lawmakers hear testimony on beef recall. At a hearing at the State Capitol Monday, a representative from the National Meat Association called the largest beef recall in U.S. history an "overreaction," even saying that beef was safe to eat. [News Source]

Food companies become frustrated with meat recall. Some food companies are growing frustrated with the government's handling of the largest meat recall in U.S. history, and a few are holding off on destroying the meat with the hope it could be donated or put back in stores. [News Source]

Will that big beef recall steer people to veggies? The notion that recalls will change the American lifestyle is fairly far-fetched, food experts believe. [News Source]