Japan Finds Banned Material in U.S. Beef Shipment (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Japan found banned spinal material in a beef shipment from the U.S, threatening to delay the relaxation of restrictions on meat imports imposed after a case of mad-cow disease in 2003. [News Source]

Japan Finds Banned Material in U.S. Beef Shipment (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Japan found banned spinal material in a beef shipment from the U.S, threatening to delay the relaxation of restrictions on meat imports imposed after a case of mad-cow disease in 2003. [News Source]

FDA issues regulation on animal feeds with added safeguards against BSE (News-Medical-Net) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final regulation barring certain cattle materials from all animal feed, including pet food. The final rule further protects animals and consumers against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as "mad cow disease"). [News Source]

FDA bans certain cattle parts from all animal feed (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. makers of pet food and all other animal feed will be prevented from using certain materials from cattle at the greatest risk for spreading mad cow disease under a rule that regulators finalized on Wednesday. [News Source]

Final rule set on animal feed (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has made final a rule banning certain cattle parts from animal and pet food as part of the effort to prevent the spread of mad cow disease. The regulation originally was instituted in 2005. Materials prohibited from pet and animal feed are tissues that have the highest risk for carrying bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the technical term for ... [News Source]

In change, industry groups back downer cow ban. In a significant reversal, major meat and dairy industry groups on Tuesday backed a total ban on so-called downer cattle from entering the food supply. [News Source]

Mad cow ban for materials in animal feed made final (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has made final a rule banning certain cattle parts from animal and pet food as part of the effort to prevent the spread of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Spinal column found in US beef shipment (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A spinal column was found in a U.S. beef shipment in violation of a trade accord that prohibits parts believed to pose a risk of mad cow disease, Japanese officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Japan says banned part found in U.S. beef (USA Today) Japanese officials said Wednesday that a spinal column was found in a U.S. beef shipment in violation of a trade accord that prohibits parts believed to pose a risk of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Risky bits turn up in U.S. beef (Asahi.com) Spinal parts that are a suspected source of mad cow disease were included in U.S. beef imported for sale at the beef bowl chain operated by Yoshinoya Holdings Co., officials said Wednesday. [News Source]