Mesa company stung by salmonella (The Arizona Republic) Lehi Valley Trading recalling nut, fruit mixes. [News Source]

Canada official demands South Korea accept beef (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News) Canada Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has given South Korea an ultimatum to agree on a timeline for resuming acceptance of Canadian beef or face a WTO trade challenge. [News Source]

Prion Discovery Gives Clue To Control Of Mass Gene Expression (Science Daily) The discovery of a new yeast prion may provide clues on whether prions, like proteins, can affect mass activation of gene expression. [News Source]

Canada requests S Korea to resume beef import (People’s Daily) Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Friday that South Korea should resume importing beef from Canada as Canadian beef products have been proved safe, according to trade officials. During a meeting held in Seoul, Ritz told his South Korean counterpart, Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon, that as Canadian beef earned a "controlled risk" classification from the World Organization for Animal ... [News Source]

The almanac (UPI) By United Press International UPI Almanac for Friday, March 20, 2009. [News Source]

Beef rule could get stricter (Billings Gazette) The livestock industry said little last weekend as President Barack Obama called the nation's food inspection system a public-health hazard and called for a complete ban on slaughtering cattle too weak or sick to stand. [News Source]