Canadian Beef Exports To South Korea To Resume

Jan 04, 2016

South Korea has reopened its borders to Canadian beef after imposing a temporary ban over concerns about mad cow disease.

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland made the announcement Thursday.

The country imposed the ban in February after a beef cow was discovered near Edmonton with bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Soon after Peru, Belarus and Taiwan also imposed temporary restrictions on beef imports, but Agriculture Canada says Peru has since lifted its ban.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in November that contaminated feed was the most likely cause of the case of mad cow disease. It said no part of the Black Angus cow entered human food or animal feed systems.

A case of BSE in 2003 at an Alberta farm devastated Canada's beef industry as 40 countries closed their borders to Canadian cattle and beef products, although most of those markets have since reopened.

Source : CBC

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