Blood supplies at lowest level in decade (CTV British Columbia) Blood reserves are at their lowest level in 10 years, which could soon make it difficult for some hospitals to treat certain patients, warns Canadian Blood Services. [News Source]

Halloween Hardcore from Japan: New Compilation CD Features Girugamesh, Dazzle Vision (Anime News Network) JapanFiles.com's first Japanese Hardcore compilation CD spotlights girugamesh, Dazzle Vision and more! October 31, 2008 - JapanFiles.com launches its third USA compilation CD this month, titled "Fresh Cuts from Japan - Hardcore." [News Source]

Warning of conspiracy to damage indigenous products (Daily News) Mawbima Lanka Foundation Director Dr. Vasantha Bandara warned of a conspiracy to damage indigenous products behind the recent melamine contaminated milk food issue and requested the Government to appoint a special committee to probe this aspect soon. [News Source]

Keeping Kosher: Two Metairie restaurants within blocks of each other found their calling by feeding a niche market (New Orleans Times-Picayune) John McCusker / The Times-PicayuneThe Kosher Cajun has satisfied many a craving for a New York bagel with smoked salmon, lettuce, tomato and purple onion. So you want to open a restaurant. But your business plan includes being closed on... [News Source]

Brains pay in BSE research (Queensland Country Life) The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries has doubled the money being offered for cattle and sheep brains, which are used to help prove Australia is free of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Steve Connor: Purple tomatoes sow seeds of doubt (Independent) Few subjects are able to generate as much heated controversy as GM food. Attempts about 10 years ago to get the British public to accept the idea of food that had been genetically modified failed miserably, largely because of the furore over "mad cow" disease and the fact that the GM food on offer seemed to be of no benefit to anyone but the multinational agro-chemical business. [News Source]

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Chinese delayed disclosure of tainted eggs (CTV British Columbia) A local Chinese government acknowledged Wednesday that officials knew about melamine-tainted eggs for a month before the contamination was publicly disclosed. [News Source]

Orchid Cellmark’s loss doubles in 3Q (The Star-Ledger) Shares of Orchid Cellmark fell almost 16 percent this morning after the DNA testing firm said its third-quarter loss more than doubled, in part because of sluggish sales in the United Kingdom.The Princeton company posted a loss of almost $1.46... [News Source]

Livestock Highlights: Commodity Price Drops, US Hog Kill, Beef Shipping Error (CattleNetwork.com) CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Sharp declines in commodities prices from record highs this year are providing some relief to consumers at the gas pump, but that relief isn't expected to soon translate into savings at the grocery counter. [News Source]