South Korea parliament ends deadlock over US beef imports. Rival South Korean political parties on Tuesday ended a legislative deadlock allowing the formation of an assembly when they agreed to revise a law on regulating contentious beef imports. [News Source]

Analyst: EU caution on new technologies causing missed opportunities. While the Union's cautious approach to granting market authorization to new technology applications like GMOs or nanotechnology has meant that EU has not suffered from any major backlash, it could also mean the bloc is missing out on major opportunities to improve its competitiveness, argued a policy analyst from a Brussels-based think tank. [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, CA sparked the largest U.S. beef recall in history. Six months later, the impact is clear and far-reaching. [News Source]

Mad cow turns up in Canada (Billings Gazette) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy has been discovered again in Canada, the 14th time since 2003. [News Source]

Mad cow turns up in Canada (Billings Gazette) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy has been discovered again in Canada, the 14th time since 2003. [News Source]

Mad cow turns up in Canada (Billings Gazette) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy has been discovered again in Canada, the 14th time since 2003. [News Source]

Canada identifies new case of mad cow disease (The Pantagraph) Mad cow disease has been discovered again in Canada for the 14th time since 2003. [News Source]

Canada identifies new case of mad cow disease (The Pantagraph) Mad cow disease has been discovered again in Canada for the 14th time since 2003. [News Source]