Will we ever learn? Cutting corners on animal feed always ends in catastrophe. By using animal and food waste to feed animals we are merely setting ourselves up for the next disaster. The sooner this muck is removed from the human food chain the sooner consumer confidence in Irish food will be restored. [News Source]

A real crisis but I’ll still be tucking into my ham. The pork crisis is nothing short of a calamity for one of our most important and lucrative industries. The damage to Ireland is incalculable, as is the damage to our reputation as a pollution-free emerald utopia. [News Source]

Food island image hurt by monitoring failure. With just three main plants and a handful of smaller ones producing pig feed nationally, this catastrophe in the pork industry ought never to have happened. [News Source]

Audit leads to enrollment halt in research at veterans hospital. The veterans hospital in Seattle has halted all new enrollments in research involving human subjects after a federal audit found that patient safeguards weren't properly documented. [News Source]

S. Koreans have a new regard for U.S. beef. Low-priced U.S. beef has appeared in supermarkets in S. Korea in recent days, after a decision by three major retailers to start selling it again. Although the hysteria over U.S. beef is gone, a bitter aftertaste remains. [News Source]

Fearing the fear of nanotechnology. Nanoscientists have always had a degree of nervousness about the way that public opinion of their science might unfold. This unease is underpinned by a set of preconceptions about people's reactions to new technologies in general. [News Source]

Warning on EU rules for state aid to farming. The Government would have to face the issue of compensating those affected by the difficulties in the pigmeat sector because there was a question of regulatory failure, said Eugene Regan. [News Source]