Japan feeds animals recycled leftovers. With animal feed and fertilizer prices at record highs, Japan's food recycling industry is seeing greater demand than ever before for pellets for pigs and poultry made from recycled leftovers. [News Source]

It’s time to bring home vegetables for better life. Kim Tae-gyun, a 35-year-old salary worker, decided to stop eating meat last year after learning about the risk of mad cow disease and other possible harmful effects. [News Source]

‘School’s greed caused my son’s death from killer BSE’ A mother has spoken for the first time of her firm belief that BSE-infected school dinners killed her son. [News Source]

Audit says USDA lost track of imported cattle. Despite persistent fears of mad cow disease in Canadian beef, the Department of Agriculture has failed to properly track hundreds of Canadian cattle coming into the United States, the department's inspector general has concluded. [News Source]

Massachusetts patient tested for mad cow disease (Waxahachie Daily Light) BOSTON (AP) _ Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease. [News Source]