Revolt over beef imports (Northern Star) CATTLE farmers declared war on their industry’s leaders on Saturday over today’s lifting of the nine-year ban on beef imports from countries with mad cow disease. [News Source]

Children to get filtered blood transfusions to beat mad cow disease. Thousands of children who need transfusions are set to get specially filtered blood because UK supplies may still be tainted with the human form of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Brains melt after freezer breaks down in London (New Kerala) London, Feb 28 : Dozens of frozen brains kept for research on conditions including mad cow disease, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's melted after a freezer broke down. [News Source]

Brains melt after freezer breaks down in London (Sify News) Dozens of frozen brains kept for research on conditions including mad cow disease, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's melted after a freezer broke down. [News Source]

Animal tagging dropped. Facing opposition, the federal government has dropped a six-year effort to get farmers nationwide to tag and trace the movements of livestock. The system was launched by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2004 after a mad cow disease scare in Canada. [News Source]

Animal tagging dropped (Lancaster Online) Facing opposition, the federal government has dropped a six-year voluntary effort to get farmers here and nationwide to tag and trace the movements of livestock.The system was launched by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2004 after a mad cow disease scare in Canada.The idea was to have a system... [News Source]

Microbiologist calls for tighter infection control. A leading microbiologist has called for tighter infection control rules in hospitals to prevent the human version of mad cow disease being spread on reused surgical instruments. [News Source]

Retailers say `no’ to beef imports. Supermarkets intend to shun foreign beef when the federal government abolishes its nine-year ban on beef imports from mad cow countries on Monday. [News Source]

Retailers say `no’ to beef imports (The Australian) SUPERMARKETS intend to shun foreign beef when the federal government abolishes its nine-year ban on beef imports from mad cow countries on Monday. [News Source]

End to meat import ban angers farmers (The Border Mail) NORTH East and Southern Riverina farmers labelled the decision to end the ban on beef imports from countries once affected by mad cow disease as “a step backwards” and a “bloody joke [News Source]