Canadian beef on July 1 menu at Shanghai Expo Top grade Canadian beef will be on the Canada Day menu at the Shanghai World Expo, marking the first time in nearly a decade the product will be available in within that country’s borders and a sign Canada’s trade ties with China may be improving. [News Source]

Zoonotic Diseases: WSU Breaks Ground On School For Global Animal Health Building Under a sunny sky, officials from Washington State University and the Gates Foundation broke ground on a 62,000-square-foot, three-story flagship research building for a new School for Global Animal Health. The first of its kind research facility will house a state-of-the-art infectious disease research center for investigating emerging disease. From Avian influenza, to West Nile virus, nearly ... [News Source]

Guidelines for eating green Whether you’re worried about mad-cow disease in your hamburger, E. coli in your salad, the environmental impact of your diet, or your family’s ecological footprint, it just makes sense to pay attention to the purity, origin, and journey of your food before you eat it. [News Source]

S.Korea rejects US free trade deal complaints South Korea said Wednesday it would reopen talks soon with the United States on a major free trade deal, but rejected complaints it unfairly restricts US beef and auto exports. [News Source]