Grocery Industry Prepares For Bird Flu (CBS News) Stocking up on food is as simple as a trip to the grocery store, a veritable land of plenty for Americans. But will fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, bread, milk and other household staples still be available if the U.S. is hit with an anticipated bird flu pandemic? If state and federal officials urge people to stay away from public places, like restaurants and fast-food establishments, will ... [News Source]

Moscow Bird Flu From A Single Market (Medical News Today) According to the Russian Agriculture Ministry, the Moscow bird flu outbreak was traced to a market southwest of the city. The market is now closed, the Ministry told AP, while scientists try to find out where the four dead birds came from. Although H5N1 is suspected, further laboratory tests need to confirm this. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Wild birds hit in H5N1 blame-game. Wild birds cannot sue for libel but big corporations can - and do. When the H5N1 bird flu outbreak was identified at the Bernard Matthews turkey production complex in Suffolk, following an outbreak in Hungarian poultry farms, some pointed the finger of blame at wild birds. [News Source]

Climate. We’d act but not spend, poll finds. British Columbians have bought into the reality of climate change like never before, but half wouldn't spend even $100 a year to save the world, if that money meant an increase in taxes. [News Source]

A new Avian Flu fight. As the world health organization (WHO) representative on pandemic influenza, Dr. David Heymann has one of the most important jobs in medicine: coordinating international preparations for a possible virus outbreak that could threaten millions of lives. [News Source]

Deadly bird flu strain found near Moscow. A Russian official reported a fourth outbreak of dead domestic poultry in a suburban Moscow district Sunday as experts tightened quarantines following confirmation of the presence of the H5N1 bird flu strain. [News Source]

Defra investigators fails to test live wild birds for flu despite risk of infection. Bird flu investigators have failed to perform tests to see if gulls and other wild birds are spreading the deadly H5N1 virus from the stricken Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk, although they accept that it is a threat. [News Source]

Fears grow that gulls will spread flu far and wide. Health officials are urgently investigating fears that the disposal of contaminated waste from the Bernard Matthews plant at the centre of the bird flu outbreak may have allowed the virus to spread to other parts of the country. [News Source]

Australia to immunise athletes for Beijing. A major immunisation programme is being designed for athletes competing at next year's Beijing Olympics to protect against infectious diseases, including bird flu and respiratory problems associated with pollution. [News Source]

Is it really organic? Food fraudsters beware: science has found ways to test whether food really is what it says on the tin. Researchers have come up with methods of DNA testing a product to unveil its identity. [News Source]

Factory life of ‘organic’ chickens. Organic chickens are being bred in conventional flocks, fed chemically treated feed and routinely given vaccinations, a Sunday Times investigation has found. [News Source]

Bird flu in Moscow confirmed as involving H5N1 virus (EARTHtimes.org) Moscow (dpa) - An outbreak of the avian influenza virus in the Moscow region involves the H5N1 strain potentially lethal to humans is involved, officials confirmed Sunday. [News Source]