Everybody is a loser in the ‘beef war’ (Asia News Network) Taiwan's lawmakers are getting ready to vote on and pass an amendment to the Food Sanitation Act next Tuesday to ban ground beef and bovine offal imports from the United States. [News Source]

Everybody is a loser in the ‘beef war’ (Asia News Network) Taiwan's lawmakers are getting ready to vote on and pass an amendment to the Food Sanitation Act next Tuesday to ban ground beef and bovine offal imports from the United States. But that isn't going ..... [News Source]

Customers back ammonia-treated beef after report (MalaysiaNews.net) Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products' safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn't as effective as the industry and reg... [News Source]

Customers back ammonia-treated beef after report (AP via Yahoo! News) Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products' safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn't as effective as the industry and regulators believed. [News Source]

Taiwan to restore partial ban on US beef (Jefferson City News Tribune) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan's two main political parties agreed Tuesday to reinstate a ban on some kinds of U.S. beef imports amid growing public concern that the government lacks adequate safeguards against mad cow disease. [News Source]

‘Lifeless’ Prions Capable Of Evolutionary Change, Adaptation (redOrbit) Research may point to more effective therapeutic targets for deadly prion diseasesScientists from The Scripps Research Institute have determined for the first time that prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, are capable of Darwinian evolution.The study from Scripps Florida in Jupiter shows that prions can develop large numbers of ... [News Source]

Taiwan ban on beef frays ties with U.S. Taiwan is negotiating a closer relationship with its onetime enemy, China, while its ties with Washington are being strained by the island's new proposed ban on U.S. beef. [News Source]

Restaurants back ammonia-treated beef despite report of contamination. Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products' safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn't as effective as the industry and regulators believed. [News Source]

Taiwan ban on beef frays ties with U.S. Taiwan is negotiating a closer relationship with its onetime enemy, China, while its ties with Washington are being strained by the island's new proposed ban on U.S. beef. [News Source]

Restaurants back ammonia-treated beef despite report of contamination. Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products' safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn't as effective as the industry and regulators believed. [News Source]