BSE fallout: Japan, Canada ready to send beef to Aus (North Queensland Register) JAPAN and Canada have already indicated they will seek to send beef to Australia as a result of last week's decision to lift the blanket ban on imports from countries which have had BSE, or better known as mad cow disease. [News Source]

Don’t be mad, please (Asia News Network) Democratic Progressive Party leaders are up in arms against the administration for signing a protocol of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-related measures for the importation of beef and beef products for human consumption from the territory of the authorities represented by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). Now let's forget about those high-sounding words about the imports. [News Source]

South Koreans vote in parliamentary byelections seen as barometer for President Lee (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans voted in parliamentary byelections Wednesday seen as a gauge of support for President Lee Myung-bak and his administration's attempt to scale back a contentious project to move several government ministries out of Seoul. [News Source]

Eating U.S. beef parts safer than riding scooters: Stanton (Chinapost.com.tw) TAIPEI, Taiwan --The U.S. envoy to Taiwan reemphasized yesterday the safety of U.S. beef products, stressing that eating U.S. beef is far safer than riding a motorcycle in Taiwan. [News Source]

BSE fallout: Japan, Canada ready to send beef to Aus (Queensland Country Life) JAPAN and Canada have already indicated they will seek to send beef to Australia as a result of last week's decision to lift the blanket ban on imports from countries which have had BSE, or better known as mad cow disease. [News Source]

Sask. to subsidize livestock scanners (CBC Saskatchewan) The Saskatchewan government is spending $5 million to help livestock producers trace their animals through the food system. [News Source]

AIT offers reassurance on safety of U.S. beef (Chinapost.com.tw) American envoy to Taiwan reemphasized yesterday the safety of U.S. beef products, stressing that eating U.S. beef is far safer than riding a motorcycle in Taiwan. [News Source]

Hyperion Therapeutics enrolls first patient in HPN-100 phase III clinical trial for urea cycle disorders (News-Medical-Net) Hyperion Therapeutics today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in its pivotal phase III clinical trial of investigational compound HPN-100 (glycerol phenylbutyrate). The 4-week, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, cross-over study is designed to evaluate the non-inferiority of glycerol phenylbutyrate to BUPHENYL® (sodium phenylbutyrate) Tablets and Powder in adults with urea ... [News Source]

Campaigning mother’s blood screen demand. A mother who lost her son to the human strain of mad cow disease is demanding that all donated blood be screened for the disease. [News Source]

Philippines to lift ban on U.S. bone meal (People’s Daily) Manila may soon lift an 8-year old ban on ruminant meat and bone meal (MBM) from the United States, a senior official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday. Agriculture Undersecretary Bernie Fondevilla said in a text message that the DA's attached agency, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), has already recommended the lifting of the ban. "The recommendation is now awaiting the ... [News Source]