EU laws see vultures going hungry (The New Zealand Herald) Spanish vultures are hungry, even starving, because European Union laws aimed at halting the spread of mad cow disease require the countryside to be kept clear of dead livestock. But Juan Carlos Atienza of the Spanish Ornithological... [News Source]

EU laws see vultures going hungry (The New Zealand Herald) Spanish vultures are hungry, even starving, because European Union laws aimed at halting the spread of mad cow disease require the countryside to be kept clear of dead livestock. [News Source]

Renderer to end dead cow collection; expert fears disease (Lancaster Online) A federal rule created to provide an additional safeguard against mad cow disease could result in increased health risks in Lancaster County.Thanks to a federal Food and Drug Administration rule set to go into effect April 27, the main renderer of dead cattle here will stop picking up dead cows afte... [News Source]

Science and supposition. On March 9 President Obama signed an order guaranteeing "scientific integrity" in federal policy-making. In addition to stem cell research, the new protocols will have significant salutary influence on research into climate change, genetics, sex education, pollution and food safety. [News Source]

New regulations make disposal difficult for cattle ranchers (Columbia Missourian) HALFWAY — The trucks blocking the driveway to the Halfway Packing Co. describe the firm's operations with the slogan: "Our business is dead." Never has that been more true. The company that collected cattle and horse corpses for disposal now is dead itself, the victim of a new federal regulation on cattle renderers that is designed to prevent mad cow disease. The federal regulation, which ... [News Source]