The first shipment of U.S. beef in nearly three years arrived in South Korea on Monday after the country lifted an import ban triggered by fears of mad cow disease, the Agriculture Ministry said.
The nine-ton shipment of American beef was processed at a Kansas slaughterhouse and arrived on a Monday morning flight, said Lee Sang-kil, a director-general at the ministry.
This is defenitly good news. With demand for beef slacking off in the US we need to develop the forign markets to keep beef prices strong.
One of the problems with getting beef into South Korea is their demand that the plants that handle cattle that go to South Korea not handle Canadian cattle, or keep them separate, since South Korea doesn't allow Canadian beef. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) would solve this problem but the President and Congress don't want it. Montana's Congressional delegation has been trying to get it working for years but has had no luck so if COOL interests a person, contact your Congressional delegation. Support is needed outside of Montana for this.
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. Winston Churchill
