Canada’s food safety ranking surprises researchers. Canada ranks fifth for food safety in a survey comparing 17 industrial countries, says a University of Regina study released Wednesday. [News Source]

South Korean leader apologizes over beef deal. President Lee Myung-bak apologized Thursday to South Koreans over a beef import accord with the United States that spawned protests over the safety of the American meat. [News Source]

South Korea’s president says he’ll move to lift ban on U.S. beef. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said his government would go forward with a plan to lift restrictions on U.S. beef even in the face of protests [News Source]

U of O research examines risks of mad cow disease. Experts know it's possible for BSE to be transmitted to humans in the form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), but no one knows the exact risks of BSE. [News Source]

SKorea’s Lee apologises, urges MPs to pass US free trade pact (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korea's president apologised Thursday for failing to ease "mad cow" fears over US beef imports, but urged legislators quickly to pass a broader free trade pact with Washington. [News Source]

U.S. resumes exports of healthy cattle to Mexico (Laredo Morning Times) The first 35 breeding cattle to be exported into Mexico since the discovery of mad cow disease in 2003 were cause for international celebration at the Texas Department of Agriculture Export Facility on Wednesday.At the conference, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced that cattle trade from Texas to Mexico has reopened. [News Source]

S. Korea leader ‘baffled’ by mad cow fears (CNN.com) South Korea's president has apologized on national television for failing to take on board concerns in his country about mad cow disease. [News Source]

South Korean leader apologizes over beef deal (Las Vegas Sun) Thu, May 22, 2008 (2:47 a.m.) President Lee Myung-bak apologized Thursday to South Koreans over a beef import accord with the United States that has sparked fears of mad cow disease and sent his popularity plummeting in his first months in office. [News Source]

South Korean leader apologizes over beef deal (AP via Yahoo! News) President Lee Myung-bak apologized Thursday to South Koreans over a beef import accord with the United States that has sparked fears of mad cow disease and sent his popularity plummeting in his first months in office. [News Source]

SKorea’s Lee apologises, urges MPs to pass US free trade pact (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korea's president apologised Thursday for failing to ease "mad cow" fears over US beef imports, but urged legislators quickly to pass a broader free trade pact with Washington. [News Source]