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DHAKA: From now on, no meat or bone meal can be imported without prior permission from the livestock authorities, says an official order issued amid global concerns about mad-cow disease outbreak.

Beef Protests Appeal to Gut, not Brain "How come the government has agreed to import beef from cattle that has been dead for more than 30 months?" asks a middle-aged protester in a recent anti-U.S. beef rally ...

Buses are still being burnt and thousands of people are still taking to the streets in Korea where imports of US beef have resumed.

Main Category: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Article Date: 03 Jul 2008 - 1:00 PDT Abviva, Inc.

Protesters in South Korea are calling on Seoul to reinstate its ban on U.S. beef imports, organizers say.

Tens of thousands of auto workers in South Korea went on strike Wednesday to oppose the government's lifting of a ban on U.S. beef imports.

Fancy a dose of prions with your vegetables? A new study suggests that infectious prions - thought to be the causative agents in mad cow disease and human vCJD - can survive wastewater decontamination and wind ...

In 2004, mad cow disease came to Waco in the form of a dead beef cow delivered to Champion Pet Foods.

South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo Thursday urged people to end their protests against the resumption of U.S. beef imports, saying his government "did its best" to secure stricter import terms, Yonhap ...

Former agriculture minister Kim Sung-hoon in an article in a weekly newspaper last month said the U.S. government was concealing the results of tests by Yale University and the University of Pittsburgh showing ...

June 28, 2008 09:07 AM - Doctors suspect a Peel Region man being cared for at Mississauga's Trillium Health Centre may be suffering from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease , often linked to 'mad cow disease'. Peel ...

The high-class explanation for the South Korean riots against U.S. beef is protectionism.

Yesterday, the Canadian Food Inspection Service announced the detection of yet another case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Canadian cattle.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to reassure South Koreans American beef is safe to eat after a deal to resume imports from the U.S. sparked a political crisis for South Korean President Lee Myung Bak.

The case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy identified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in British Columbia is a five-year old Holstein.

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall of approximately 2,850 pounds of fresh cattle heads due to possible contamination.

South Korea has lifted a U.S. beef import ban, imposed amid widespread protest over concerns about mad cow disease.

An animal advocacy group released video footage Wednesday of sick or injured dairy cows that it contends were mistreated at an auction facility where they are sold for slaughter.

U.S. cattle producers facing skyrocketing costs and stagnant domestic demand say they need overseas markets like South Korea in order to avoid substantial dips in their bottom lines.

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Public Health ; Nutrition / Diet ; Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Article Date: 24 Jun 2008 - 5:00 PDT Prions are not degraded by conventional sewage ...