EU food safety watchdog outlines future challenges. Globalisation, climate change, new technologies and environmental pollution caused by agri-chemicals are among the risks that the agri-food sector will face in future, argues the European Food Safety Authority. [News Source]

Mad-cow ban cost U.S. $11 bln in beef exports -ITC (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - U.S. ranchers and processors lost almost $11 billion in revenue between 2004 and 2007 after major importers barred U.S. beef following the ... [News Source]

Mad-cow ban cost U.S. $11 billion in beef exports (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. ranchers and processors lost almost $11 billion in revenue between 2004 and 2007 after major importers barred U.S. beef following the discovery of mad cow disease in the United States, according to a government report issued on Tuesday. [News Source]

FDA to review genetically engineered farm animals (AG Weekly) WASHINGTON - Super Chicken strutted a step closer to the dinner table Thursday. [News Source]

Tracking Down the Cause of Mad Cow Disease (PhysOrg) (PhysOrg.com) -- The cause of diseases such as BSE in cattle and Creutzfeld -Jakob disease in humans is a prion protein. This protein attaches to cell membranes by way of an anchor made of sugar and lipid components (a glycosylphosphatidylinositol, GPI) anchor. The anchoring of the prions seems to have a strong influence on the transformation of the normal form of the protein into its pathogenic ... [News Source]

Gail Bartell will be director of IceHouse Youth Theatre (Orlando Sentinel) After stepping in to revive the IceHouse Theatre's children's summer camp, Gail Bartell will take on the permanent role of Youth Theatre director. [News Source]

GeneThera Offered World Wide Rights To E.coli Vaccine From The University Of New Mexico (Medical News Today) GeneThera, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GTHR) announced today that it is in negotiations with the University of New Mexico for world wide development and distribution rights to a vaccine developed there that is designed to significantly inhibit the carriage and shedding of the E.coli bacteria in cattle. [News Source]

Label law helps buyers, challenges sellers (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) TUPELO - If you care whether or not your catfish comes from the U.S., your beef comes from Canada or your grapes come from Chile, you're in luck. On Sept. 30, a new law was implemented for consumers to find out where their meat and produce come from. [News Source]

Rockland AM Report (The Journal News) DWI arrest: Alheli Juarez, 24, of Spring Valley was charged Saturday with driving while intoxicated and possession of a hypodermic instrument, both misdemeanors, the county Sheriff's Department said. [News Source]

South Korea: Improve policing practices during protests (Amnesty International) South Korean police used excessive force in some instances against demonstrators protesting earlier this year against the government’s decision to resume beef imports from the US, Amnesty International concluded in a report released today. [News Source]