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Korea's agricultural officials have resumed inspection procedures after Seoul decided to lift a ban on U.S. beef imports following confirmation that a cow infected with mad cow disease in Alabama was born before feed restrictions were imposed.
The agriculture ministry will dispatch a group of inspectors to the United States this week. For the next two weeks or so, the inspectors will check up on 36 beef processing sites that have applied for approval to export beef. When approved, U.S. beef will be shipped to Korea as early as June.
Korea bought US$800 million worth of beef from the U.S. in 2003 before it imposed a two-year ban due to the first case of BSE found in a dairy cow there.
Arirang News
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