USDA issues low-risk recall of 38,000 cattle heads. The U.S. Agriculture Department has recalled more than 940,000 pounds of cattle heads shipped from a Dallas company after it was discovered the tonsils had not been completely removed. [News Source]

South Koreans Fill Streets of Seoul to Continue Protest Against US Beef Imports (Environmental News Network) For the past two months, protesters have been filling the streets of Seoul condemning a decision to lift a ban on imported beef from the United States. We speak with Michael Hansen, senior scientist for Consumers Union. He is in Seoul, where he is testifying before the South Korean National Assembly at a special committee hearing on mad cow disease. [News Source]

k1015 BC-KS-KansasToday 08-09 1029 (Hays Daily News) WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss charges against the self-proclaimed grand chief of the Kaweah Indian Nation, denying a motion that claimed evidence in the case did not overcome a "good faith" defense that he did not intend to commit any crimes. [News Source]

USDA issues low-risk recall of 38,000 cattle heads (The Bryan-College Station Eagle) Associated PressDALLAS (AP) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department has recalled more than 940,000 pounds of cattle heads shipped from a Dallas company aft ... [News Source]

Region briefs (The Bryan-College Station Eagle) For 10th DWI, man gets life sentenceWICHITA FALLS -- A man with nine previous drunken driving convictions was sentenced to life in prison.Kenneth Chri ... [News Source]

Japan stops beef from Kan. plant (The Wichita Eagle) Japan has halted beef imports from a Dodge City meatpacking plant after finding a shipment without a proper food safety certificate, officials said Friday. The Agriculture Ministry has temporarily suspended imports from Cargill Inc.' s plant in Dodge City and asked the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo to investigate the case, the ministry said in a statement. The problem surfaced when a Japanese ... [News Source]

USDA recalls 38,000 cattle heads (Austin American-Statesman) The U.S. Agriculture Department has recalled more than 940,000 pounds of cattle heads shipped from a Dallas company after it was discovered that the tonsils had not been completely removed, the agency said in a news release. [News Source]