Behind the headlines: GM food. As a passionate organic farmer, Prince Charles is worried that the GM genie might wreak havoc once it’s out of the bottle. There have been food scares before – look at Mad Cow Disease. [News Source]

Big retailers prefer Australian beef for Chuseok. After a long, draining struggle, U.S. beef made its way back to Korea last month. But importers are now facing a new challenge: finding a place to sell the product still widely rejected by the nation's biggest retailers. [News Source]

Another mad cow case confirmed. A six-year-old beef cow was confirmed Friday as the 13th case of mad cow disease in Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said. It is the 14th confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, in Canada. [News Source]

Six months later, did the Chino beef recall produce benefits? The mistreatment and illegal slaughter of "downer" cows at the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. in Chino sparked the largest U.S. beef recall in history. Six months later, the recall is over, but its impact is clear and far-reaching. [News Source]