News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
North American farmers were shaken this week when the Canadian government confirmed on Tuesday that a cow slaughtered in January from an Alberta farm had tested positive for BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), or Mad Cow disease.
The confrontation between Europe and the United States over genetically modified foods shifted up a gear this week when the US President George. W. Bush accused Europe of impeding efforts to fight world famine because of its trade policy of blocking...