S Korea to upgrade measures against bird flu (People’s Daily) South Korea will upgrade its measures to deal with potential human bird flu infections and allocate funds to promote research into mad cow disease, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said on Friday. The national health promotion commi ... [News Source]

Food labels may finally make sense. Canadians learned this week that we rank fifth in the world in food safety. [News Source]

In S. Korea, regrets and assurances on U.S. beef. U.S. beef is scaring the daylights out of South Korean consumers and triggering a leadership crisis for the country's fledgling government. [News Source]

USDA to ban slaughter of all downer cattle. The federal government will completely ban the slaughter of cattle that are unable to walk. [News Source]

S. Korea’s president apologizes over U.S. beef import deal (Southeast Missourian) The beef accord has come under criticism for allegedly failing to protect South Koreans against mad cow disease [News Source]

White House: South Korea’s beef worries unfounded (AFP via Yahoo! News) The White House said Friday that it was still confident that South Korea would green-light resumed imports of US beef despite "mad cow" fears and insisted that "American beef is safe." [News Source]

Next year, hoof it to these kicking events (Orlando Sentinel) I saw seven shows at the Fringe Festival and five at Mad Cow Theatre's Cabaret Festival, and I'm just saying we're darned lucky to have two such kicking events. [News Source]