You are what you eat (Big Bear Grizzly) Food labels are getting crowded with even more information thanks to a United States Department of Agriculture law that went into effect Sept. 30. Shoppers always had a choice among labeled produce and meat products from the U.S. and other countries around the world—but never before has the choice been made so clear. [News Source]

What’s not happening in South Korean beef market (Stock & Land) THE biggest thing happening in the South Korean beef market is what's not happening: an avalanche of US beef pouring in. [News Source]

The future of the FDA in the next administration. One unacknowledged challenge that could cause major difficulty for an incoming president is the impending breakdown of the regulatory system that oversees food and drug safety. [News Source]

Litigation and Arbitration (Mondaq) On September 3, 2008, Madame Justice Joan Lax of the Ontario Superior Court certified a $10 billion class proceeding brought on behalf of 115,000 Canadian cattle farmers (excluding those in Quebec) against the Government of Canada. [News Source]

REALITY CHECK: Poor memory equals loss of wedding cake opportunities (MLive.com) I missed my buddy Bob's wedding last Saturday. It was--from what I hear--a nice event; casual, fun, and romantic. Everything a wedding is supposed to be, but without all the uncomfortable, formal hoo-hah associated with many such ceremonies. [News Source]

Fate of FDA: A Sleeper Election Issue? (ABC News) Food, drug regulatory snafus may signal tough decisions ahead for new president. [News Source]

10/27/2008 8:14:00 AM Ohio State: Benefits Of Country Of Origin Labeling Not Quite Clear (CattleNetwork.com) Whether it's for health and nutrition, safety, sustainability or some other reason, consumers' food-purchasing choices continue to widen. In the mix with local foods, organics and genetically modified products now comes country of origin labeling (COOL). [News Source]

Uni makes plea for bodies (The Courier Mail) A GOLD Coast university has put out a plea for people to leave their bodies to medical science due to a shortage of corpses for boffins to study. [News Source]

STC.UNM Signs License Option Agreement With GeneThera for E. coli O157:H7 Vaccine (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) GeneThera, Inc. , announced today that it has signed an agreement with STC.UNM , the technology-transfer arm of the University of New Mexico , giving GeneThera an option to a license to worldwide development and distribution rights to a vaccine developed at UNM's Health Sciences Center that is designed to significantly inhibit the carriage and shedding of the E. coli bacteria in cattle. [News Source]

Not All Vets Treat Pets — For Some It’s About Homeland Security (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - Anthrax. Biological attacks. Exotic diseases. These and many other issues are making headlines as the world we live in seems to get smaller and smaller. Yet there is a dedicated group of scientists who are confronting these, and many other, threats each and every day. [News Source]