Government joins suit against Chino meat plant (The Press-Enterprise) The head of the Humane Society lauded the federal government's decision to join in a $150 million lawsuit against the Chino meat plant involved in the largest beef recall in U.S. history. [News Source]

Canadians quarantined in China over H1N1 worries (CTV Winnipeg) Two groups of Canadians in China are being held in quarantine in hotel rooms as a precaution against the H1N1 flu, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed Monday. [News Source]

Why Future Flu Pandemics May Be Much More Lethal (Newsweek) Scientists prepare for a more severe strain of influenza that spreads as easily as the swine flu but is as lethal as SARS. [News Source]

COMPANY 3 ADDS D.I. COLORIST SCOTT GREGORY (Post Magazine) SANTA MONICA, CA - Digital Intermediate colorist Scott Gregory has joined Ascent Media's Company 3. He will focus exclusively on DI work for feature films, with his first project being the independent feature The Mad Cow. [News Source]

US, Japan press China on computer rules (AFP via Yahoo! News) Top US and Japanese trade negotiators pressed China on Monday to scrap rules on foreign computers and appealed against protectionism amid the global slowdown. [News Source]

Pigs surveillence may be needed (Sky News Australia) Crucial global surveillance of animal disease could be revised to include swine influenza in pigs because of its potential risk to human health, a World Health Organisation expert says. [News Source]

Permanent pig watch may be needed (Adelaide Now) SWINE flu was considered to be a benign disease, but now 1003 people in 20 countries are infected and 26 people are dead. [News Source]

Permanent pig watch may be needed (Daily Telegraph) CRUCIAL global surveillance of animal disease could be revised to include swine influenza in pigs because of its potential risk to human health, a World Health Organisation expert says. [News Source]

Pig farmers clash with police in Egypt to prevent mass slaughter. Hundreds of pig farmers reportedly clashed with the riot police on Sunday in the capital city of Egypt as they try to stop the government from taking away their pigs to slaughter. [News Source]

Pork industry in panic as pigs catch the flu. The influenza outbreak has so far spared Canadian lives, but it is laying waste to the country's struggling pork industry, drawing comparisons to the crippling blow mad-cow disease delivered to beef producers in 2003. [News Source]