Spain’s vultures are hungry after carcass ban (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) MADRID -- Spanish vultures are hungry, even starving -- and the regional government in Madrid plans to do something about it. European Union laws aimed at halting the spread of Mad Cow disease require the countryside to be kept clear of dead livestock even if they died of natural causes. [News Source]

New labels help grocers and consumers track origins of meat and produce (Oklahoma’s NewsChannel 4) WASHINGTON -- There's a change today at your local grocery store. Not only will you know what's in the food you buy, you can also see where it came from. Scares over tainted spinach, tomatoes, peanut butter and even Mad Cow Disease led to the new labeling rules. [News Source]

The pain in Spain: Vultures are hungry, need meat (AP via Yahoo! News) Spanish vultures are hungry, even starving — and the regional government in Madrid plans to do something about it. EU laws aimed at halting the spread of mad cow disease require the countryside to be kept clear of dead livestock even if they died of natural causes. [News Source]

The pain in Spain: Vultures are hungry, need meat (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By HAROLD HECKLE Spanish vultures are hungry, even starving - and the regional government in Madrid plans to do something about it. EU laws aimed at halting the spread of mad cow disease require the countryside to be kept clear of dead livestock even if they died of natural causes. But Juan Carlos Atienza of the Spanish Ornithological Organization says the lack of animal corpses since the law ... [News Source]

The pain in Spain: Vultures are hungry, need meat (The Washington Times) Spanish vultures are hungry, even starving _ and the regional government in Madrid plans to do something about it. EU laws aimed at halting the spread of mad cow disease require the countryside to be kept clear of dead livestock even if they died of natural causes. [News Source]

The pain in Spain: Vultures are hungry, need meat (NBC26 Green Bay) MADRID (AP) - Spanish vultures are hungry, even starving - and the regional government in Madrid plans to do something about it. European Union laws aimed at halting the spread of Mad Cow disease require the countryside to be kept clear of dead livestock even if they died of natural causes. [News Source]

The pain in Spain: Vultures are hungry, need meat (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport) MADRID (AP) - Spanish vultures are hungry, even starving - and the regional government in Madrid plans to do something about it. European Union laws aimed at halting the spread of Mad Cow disease require the countryside to be kept clear of dead livestock even if they died of natural causes. [News Source]

The pain in Spain: Vultures are hungry, need meat (Las Cruces Sun-News) MADRID—Spanish vultures are hungry, even starving—and the regional government in Madrid plans to do something about it. European Union laws aimed at halting the spread of Mad Cow disease require the countryside to be kept clear of dead livestock even if they died of natural causes. [News Source]

Obama picks FDA chief, starts food safety panel. President Barack Obama on Saturday chose public health and biological threat expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg to run the troubled U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and announced a Cabinet-level food safety group. [News Source]

Doctors still learning from pig brain disorder. "It wasn't a normal neurologic illness," said Dr. Aaron DeVries, an epidemiologist with the Minnesota Department of Health who helped lead the state's investigation of a mysterious condition that sickened 18 workers at a Southern Minnesota pork processing plant. [News Source]