FDA urged to ban feeding of chicken feces to cattle (Los Angeles Times) Food and consumer groups say the practice increases the risk of cattle becoming infected with mad cow disease. A beef industry trade group says a ban isn't needed. A fight is brewing over the practice of feeding chicken feces and other poultry farm waste to cattle. [News Source]

Don’t eat meat! (Peninsula Clarion) Due to Alaska's growing population, there's not enough game in the state to satisfy its Native population, let alone the other 85 percent. What's more, using domestic animals to provide enough red meat for the carnivores among us isn't the answer. [News Source]

Law to save our meat pies (The Courier Mail) A LAW to save the Aussie meat pie has been written by three politicians who argue that consumers are being dudded by misleading food standards. [News Source]

Law to save our meat pies (News.com.au) A LAW by three politicians to save the Aussie meat pie plans to combat misleading standards. [News Source]

Coeur d’Alene Press Newspaper | CDAPress.com (Coeur d’Alene Press) Perhaps we need a conference this winter in Hawaii to stop global cooling! [News Source]

DPP filibusters legislative session over U.S. beef (Chinapost.com.tw) TAIPEI, Taiwan --Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators filibustered Friday's legislative session in protest of the government's decision to lift Taiwan's partial import ban on U.S. beef and beef products. [News Source]

Hogs Jump to Three-Month High on China Pork Demand; Cattle Drop (Bloomberg) Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Hog futures rose to a three-month high after China said it would “quickly resume” imports of U.S. pork, lifting a ban imposed after the swine flu outbreak in April. Cattle fell. [News Source]

U.S., China talk nice on trade, pork ban lifted (Reuters via Yahoo! News) China pledged to lift its ban on U.S. pork on Thursday and the United States took a step toward easing restrictions on chicken imports as the two superpowers agreed to tackle a series of trade irritants. [News Source]

Taiwan’s Ma seeks to calm uproar over US beef (AP via Yahoo! News) Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou moved Thursday to ease a political storm over the government's decision to lift a ban on certain U.S. beef imports, saying adequate safeguards are in place to guard against mad cow disease. [News Source]

Today in History - Oct. 29 (AP via Yahoo! News) Today is Thursday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2009. There are 63 days left in the year. [News Source]