Beef Sales To South Korea Could Resume

Canada and South Korea moved closer to a deal that would partially restore Canadian beef access and end South Korea’s eight year-old ban, Canada’s agriculture and trade ministers said June 29. South Korea is the last major beef-importing country to agree to lower its restrictions on Canadian beef since a 2003 outbreak of mad-cow disease

South Korea Likely To Lift Canadian Beef Import Ban

South Korea is likely to lift an eight-year ban on Canadian beef imports by the end of June and plans sweeping changes in its grain-growing and import policies in the face of rising global food prices, the country’s farm minister said April 14. Rising global food prices have prompted the country to eye participation in


South Korea And China Seen Opening Soon For Beef

Canada and South Korea are “very, very close” to diplomatically resolving an eight-year-old dispute over Canada’s beef exports, the Canadian agriculture minister said Mar. 23. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said talks have made progress as a decision from a World Trade Organization panel approaches. “We’re hoping we can do something diplomatically,” he said on an

Japan Partially Bans U.S. Beef

Japan ordered a partial suspension of imports of U.S. beef Feb. 8 after finding meat that could not be confirmed to comply with its restrictions, officials said, in what was called the 14th violation by U.S. beef producers in four years. The Farm Ministry said it found cattle parts that could not be confirmed to


New Grading Technology Is In Place But Not In Use

Digital cameras get CFIA approval for beef grading” was the announcement in mid-October 2010. So where are we today? Despite the fact that the three largest slaughter facilities in Canada have the technology installed, they have yet to request to use it to facilitate grade assessment. No doubt it is coming, but which packer will

Colombia Ends Six-Year Ban On Canadian Beef

Colombia has agreed to resume imports of Canadian beef from all ages of cattle, Canadian Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Sept. 16. Colombia will be the first market in South America to reopen to Canadian beef imports since mad cow disease was found on a western Canadian farm in 2003. It had agreed in the


BSE ban cost U. S. $11B in exports

U. S. ranchers and processors lost almost $11 billion in revenue between 2004 and 2007 after major importers barred U. S. beef following the discovery of BSE in the United States, according to a government report issued Oct. 7. The International Trade Commission said trade restrictions put in place because of mad cow disease cost