U.S. beef to reach South Korean markets next week. Thousands of tons of American beef, held for months in South Korean warehouses because of concerns about mad cow disease, will be released to the markets next week, officials said on Thursday. [News Source]

Canada Says Mad-Cow Infected Animal Was a 5-Year-Old Holstein (Bloomberg.com) June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Canada said the animal infected with the 13th case of mad cow disease since 2003 was a 5-year-old Holstein from British Columbia. [News Source]

Canada’s latest mad cow born 5 years after ban (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canada's 13th case of mad cow disease, discovered earlier this week, was born more than five years after Canada banned feed practices thought to cause the disease, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Friday. [News Source]

‘Mad cow’ prions are a threat to vegetarians too (New Kerala) London, June 27 : A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, US, have shown that that infectious prions - thought to be the causative agents in mad cow disease and human vCJD - can survive wastewater decontamination and wind up in fertiliser, potentially contaminating fruit and vegetables. [News Source]