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Reports that U.S. lawmakers are pushing legislation to bolster animal-feed controls intended to protect against mad-cow disease.

Reports the confirmation of the repackaging of imported beef as a domestic product by Snow Brand Food after the outbreak of mad-cow disease in Japan.

Reports on the proposed regulations of the United States (U.S.) Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to combat mad-cow disease.

Deals with the impact of the mad-cow disease discovered on a local dairy cow by government officials in Japan on its beef market.

Discusses the possibility of a mad-cow disease epidemic in the United States. Reasons officials say that a mad-cow disease epidemic is unlikely; Report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Harvard University on the risks; Ways mad-cow disease could enter the U.S. including shipments of animal byproducts for use in animal feed, as well as violation of federal regulations by some animal feed mills in the U.S.; Potential costs of an epidemic in the U.S.

Describes health concerns in Japan following the discovery of a second case of mad-cow disease in November 2001.

Presents news briefs in Europe and Africa, as of October 22, 2001, which include mad-cow disease infection in Great Britain, sale of real-estate assets, and gross domestic product in France.

Deals with the screening of cattle in Japan for mad cow disease through the use of test kits from biotechnology company Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.

Focuses on the actions taken by the Japanese government to save its domestic beef market following an outbreak of madcow disease in 2001.

Covers issues related to business and commerce in Asia and the Pacific as of October 8, 2001, including the move of the Japanese government to recall cattle products to combat the transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Reports on the efforts of the United States Agriculture Department to trace a number of cows imported from Japan after that country discovered its first case of mad-cow disease in September 2001.

Reports on the response of the Japanese government to the first case of mad cow disease in 2001.

Reports the economic impact of the spread of mad-cow disease on the beef industry in Japan.

Reports that a dairy cow in Tokyo, Japan has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease.

Reports that federal officials in the United States moved to ban blood donations from people who have spent time in Europe since 1980 to further prevent mad-cow disease from entering the country.

Focuses on the allegations of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee against the meat industry in Great Britain in 2001 for withholding information the mad cow disease.

Reports that preliminary tests suggest that British sheep may have been infected with mad-cow disease in the early 1990s.

Reports on the discovery of rogue proteins believed to cause mad-cow disease in the urine of animals and humans by Israeli scientists.

Focuses on incidence of new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in Queniborough, England. Deaths which resulted from disease; View of doctors that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad-cow disease, had been a cause of CJD; View that rogue proteins called prions were responsible for destroying brain matter; Case of Pamela Beyless, who died of disease.

Reports on beef consumption in Europe in spite of a campaign against mad-cow disease. Belief that publicity about foot-and-mouth disease, which is not a threat to humans, has replaced the fear of bovine spongiform encephalopathy from eating meat; Details of an auction of prime meat in Italy.

Presents an article on the social and economic effects of the foot and mouth disease epidemic in Great Britain.

Discusses the surge in the popularity of horse meat in Europe, in light of outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and foot-and-mouth disease. Statement that the horses are not susceptible to the diseases; Trade of meat from the United States and Canada to Europe; Purchase of horses for meat at horse auctions in the U.S.

Presents a weekly report about United States politics, as of March 23, 2001. Efforts to cut taxes as a way to bolster the economy; Grant of additional funding powers to House Budget Chairman Jim Nussle (R-La.); Preliminary report by analyst Andrew Marshall, who is heading Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's review of defense strategy; Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) efforts to prevent mad-cow disease; Other brief reports.

Deals with the impact of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy and foot and mouth disease crisis on the economy of Great Britain.

Examines the economic and social implications of bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic in Europe that affects cows and humans who eat infected cows.

Discusses the refusal of the United States Court of Appeals in New York to issue a stay of execution for two flocks of Vermont sheep suspected of being infected with a version of mad cow disease.

Reports on the effects of mad-cow-disease on the economic growth and agricultural industries in Yemen.

Reports on the discovery that the mad-cow disease has effects in the bloodstream as published in the journal `Nature Medicine.'

Presents information on the report released by a European Union scientific community on whether sheep and goats also carry mad-cow disease.

Deals with the proposals of the European Union to dispose piles of unwanted beef resulting from the mad-cow disease crisis.

Reports cases of mad-cow disease in Spain as of February 2001.

Examines the difficulties faced by the Food and Drug Administration to enforce regulations on the alleged use of vaccine manufacturers in the United States of bovine materials from countries afflicted with mad cow disease.

Reports on the difficulties in destroying the prion, the protein believed to be responsible for mad-cow disease.

Reports on unsavory practices discovered by Italian officials as the country search its meat-processing plants for further cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Reports on the plan of the United States Department of Agriculture to expand the testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease.

Reports on contingency plans for containing an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in the United States. Description of the plans, which were made by the U.S. Agriculture Department and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Description of the disease, which can cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.

Reports on the support shown by the European Union for a tougher safety measures against mad-cow disease.

Discusses the impact of the mad-cow disease on the prices of feed grains in the United States.

Announces that European Union agriculture ministers were to meet on January 29, 2001 to discuss their response to a German decision to lower the age at which all cattle in the human food chain must be tested for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Discusses how the export of meat-and-bone meal from Great Britain could have spread bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Description of the exported meal, which is made from pulverized cattle parts and was shipped to the United States, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia; Potential for the transmission of BSE, which can be passed to humans and become Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Reports on the political dispute among members of the European Union over the issue of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Focuses on the recommendations given by scientific advisers to the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration to protect U.S. residents from Europe's continuing epidemic of mad-cow disease in January 2001.

Reports the plan of the Italian government to prohibit various cuts of beef in order to prevent the spread of the mad-cow disease.

Discusses the potential risk of chronic wasting disease (CWD) to humans. Description of CWD, which affects herds of deer and elk in the western United States; Similarities of CWD to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease; Discussion of the human risk of CWD by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Offers questions and answers related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. Ways the disease could be transferred to the United States; Symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, which is the human version of mad cow disease; Efforts being taken by the U.S. government to ensure beef safety.

Reports that the United States Food and Drug Administration advisers have urged the government to ban blood donations from European travelers to avoid the spread of the human form of mad-cow disease.

Reports that Renate Kuenast, Germany's minister of agriculture, has called for stricter testing, harsher penalties and closer cooperation with the European Commission as ways to combat the growing mad cow crisis.

Reports on the reassurance made by McDonald's Corp. to Italian customers, following reports that a cow suffering from mad cow disease was found at a plant managed by Italian meat processor Cremonini that supplies the restaurant chain's patties.

Reports that federal officials are demanding the animal-feed industry to comply with the regulations that aim to prevent the spread of mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States as of January 2001.

Reports on the resignation of German Health Minister Andrea Fischer and German Farm Minister Karl-Heinz Funke over handling of additional cases of mad-cow disease.