Cloned meat: it’s what’s for dinner? Cloning is usually the stuff of science fiction or Hollywood cinema, but if some in the food industry have their way, cloned animals could be the stuff you eat for dinner. [News Source]

New test scans beef for mad cow disease. The first test for instantly detecting beef that's been contaminated with tissue from a cow's brain or spinal cord during slaughter has been developed by U.S. researchers. [News Source]

R-CALF calls for more testing after Mad cow found in Canadian cattle (Helena Independent Record) BILLINGS — Mad cow disease cases in Canada since 1997 now number nine, yet officials there and the United States said Tuesday that the brain wasting sickness, transferable to humans, is out of the food supply and in control. [News Source]