Could Peel man have ‘mad cow disease’? (Mississauga News) Doctors suspect a Peel Region man being cared for at Mississauga's Trillium Health Centre may be suffering from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), often linked to 'mad cow disease'. [News Source]

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]

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]

South Korea lifts ban on U.S. beef. The government removed the last legal barrier keeping American beef imports from store shelves on Thursday, after weeks of demonstrations stoked by fears of mad cow disease. [News Source]

South Korea lifts ban on US beef imports . South Korea lifted a ban on U.S. beef imports Thursday, with President Lee Myung-bak urging the nation to move past a dispute that has paralyzed his government with protest over mad cow disease concerns. [News Source]

Even vegetarians may not be safe from ‘mad cow’ prions. A new study suggests 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]

Even vegetarians may not be safe from ‘mad cow’ prions. A new study suggests 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]