U.S. report urges Japan to forget its beef safety (The Japan Times) WASHINGTON (Kyodo) The United States urged Japan on Friday to eliminate all controls on U.S. beef imports linked to the prevention of mad cow disease and to fully open its market despite renewed... Read more ... [News Source]

U.S. beef safety. A troubling beef safety violation has again turned up in a U.S. meat shipment to Japan. [News Source]

Japan boosts inspections of U.S. beef. Japan has stepped up random checks of U.S. beef imports after spinal columns were found in a shipment from California but is not planning another blanket ban, officials said Thursday. [News Source]

Contaminated wheat blunder may lead to livestock slaughter under BSE rules. A consignment of wheat contaminated with material thought to have been the cause of BSE has been sold to animal feed merchants throughout England in what is believed to be a Government blunder. [News Source]

Source of lethal contamination in heparin drug uncovered. A researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has successfully uncovered the reason behind the deadly contamination in the dosage of common blood thinner, heparin, which has killed many patients worldwide. [News Source]