Anger, promises greet food safety loopholes. Gaping holes in the country's food safety net, revealed yesterday in a Toronto Star/CBC investigation, prompted renewed calls for the federal agriculture minister's resignation and promises from all parties to fix a system in disarray. [News Source]

Mad cow disease kills mother and son. The mother of a Spanish man who died from the human form of mad cow disease has also died from the illness, Spain's Ministry of Health says. [News Source]

Researchers develop method to check cows’ brain waves for mad cow disease. A research institute claims to have developed a method of checking cows' brain waves generated in reaction to sounds to see if they have been infected with mad cow disease. [News Source]

Spain confirms its 4th human fatality from variant of mad cow disease (Whistler Question) MADRID, Spain - Spain's Health Ministry is reporting the country's fourth fatality from the human version of mad cow disease. The ministry says tests confirm that a woman in her 60s who died in August in northern Castilla-Leon region had variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [News Source]

Mad cow disease in Penang (Malaysia Today) The look on their faces when they go berserk is something you have to personally see to appreciate. It is indeed a most ugly sight that words can never describe. The fact that most of these people are already ugly to start off with makes it even worse. [News Source]

Mother, son die of mad cow disease (Moldova.org) The mother of a Spanish man who died from mad cow disease also succumbed to the illness, the Spanish Ministry of Health says.It is believed to be the first case in which two members of the same family have died from the ailment, Juan Jose Badiola, director of Spain's national research center for mad cow disease, told CNN in Madrid.The mother, in her early 60s, died last month. Her son, 41, died ... [News Source]

Mother, son die of mad cow disease (UPI) MADRID, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The mother of a Spanish man who died from mad cow disease also succumbed to the illness, the Spanish Ministry of Health says. [News Source]

Spain confirms death from human variant of mad cow (GMA News) MADRID, Spain - Spain's Health Ministry is reporting the country's fourth fatality from the human version of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) MADRID, Spain - Spain's Health Ministry is reporting the country's fourth fatality from the human version of mad cow disease. The ministry says tests confirm that a woman in her 60s who died in August in northern Castilla-Leon region had variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [News Source]

Two Spaniards become first mother and son to die of BSE (EARTHtimes.org) Madrid - Two Spaniards have become the first mother and son to die of the variant of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) linked to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease, experts said Thursday. Investigations had confirmed that... [News Source]