$7B mad cow disease lawsuit can proceed: Canada’s top court (CBC Calgary) Canada's top court has cleared the way for a multibillion-dollar class action lawsuit by cattle ranchers who say negligent regulatory practices by the federal government made them lose huge sums of money during the 2003 mad cow disease scare. [News Source]

Supreme Court clears way for mad cow suit against Ottawa to proceed (Cape Breton Post) OTTAWA (CP) — The Supreme Court of Canada won’t stand in the way of a proposed multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit on behalf of some 100,000 cattle farmers hurt by the 2003 mad cow scare. [News Source]

SCOC decision carries mad cow class-action suit over hurdle (Canada.com) A lawyer representing cattle farmers said he was pleased after the Supreme Court of Canada cleared a hurdle for a class-action lawsuit over the 2003 mad cow scare that could be worth billions of dollars. [News Source]

SCOC decision carries mad cow class-action suit over hurdle (Canada.com) A lawyer representing cattle farmers said he was pleased after the Supreme Court of Canada cleared a hurdle for a class-action lawsuit over the 2003 mad cow scare that could be worth billions of dollars. [News Source]

Ottawa making beef industry more responsible for food safety (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) EDMONTON - Consumers have nothing to fear as Ottawa begins making meat-packing companies responsible for some parts of the food inspection system and considers reducing tests for mad cow disease, the president of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association says. [News Source]

donga.com[English donga] (donga.com) The Seoul Metropolitan Government demanded the People’s Council for Countermeasures against Mad Cow Disease pay 12 million won for using Seoul Plaza in front of Seoul City Hall for a venue for demonstrations in protest over the resumption of U.S. beef imports. [News Source]

Supreme Court clears way for mad cow suit (The Globe and Mail) Some 100,000 cattle farmers hurt by the 2003 scare can proceed with class-action lawsuit against Ottawa [News Source]

Canada says it could cut funding for mad cow tests. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is considering whether to stop paying farmers to identify cattle suspected of having mad cow disease, an official with the CFIA said on Wednesday. [News Source]

SCC clears way for mad cow suit against feds (CTV.ca) The Supreme Court of Canada won't stand in the way of a proposed multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit on behalf of some 100,000 cattle farmers hurt by the 2003 mad cow scare. [News Source]

$7 billion mad cow disease lawsuit can proceed: Canada’s top court (CBC Saskatchewan) Canada's top court has cleared the way for a multibillion-dollar class action lawsuit by cattle ranchers who say negligent regulatory practices by the federal government made them lose huge sums of money during the 2003 mad cow disease scare. [News Source]