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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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 Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: American Beef is ON SALE!!!! |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2008/07/123_26748.html
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Importers Aim to Raise Public Awareness, Dispose of Stocks
By Kim Hyun-cheol
Staff Reporter
Korean importers of American beef are conducting a large-scale sales promotion in an effort to sell thousands of tons of U.S. beef stored in cold warehouses across the country.
The Korea Import Beef Association (KIBA) said Monday it is now seeking to have about 200 affiliated members join a massive discount sale until the end of July.
The importers' group said the prices drop by as much as 30 percent during the promotion.
"We plan to choose around 80 importer companies to participate," KIBA president Park Chang-gyu said. "Importers selling the meat individually are likely to face anti-U.S. beef protesters. So I thought it would be better for us to act together."
About 85 tons of U.S. beef out of 5,300 tons in frozen storage in Gyeonggi Province and Busan will be available on the market immediately as they passed all quarantine check-up processes, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the National Veterinary Research Quarantine Service.
With quarantine certificates issued, the checked beef is expected to go on sale this week. Quarantine processes are continuing for some of the rest of the stored meat at the request of its importers.
Sales have been restricted since October last year, when imports were banned as some bone chips were found in a shipment.
With bigger retailers still reluctant to accept U.S. beef in their stores, KIBA said most of the meat would be sold at butchers and restaurants under its direct management.
An importer explained the biggest concern is to dispose of the stock as soon as possible and it will make most meat dealers roll back the prices.
"I will get them on sale quickly after the check-up even at a loss," the beef dealer said on condition of anonymity. "The beef will sell at similarly low prices because many other importers share the same idea as me."
Some of the meat is in dire need of disposal. About 1,000 ton of the whole storage was imported as chilled meat but kept frozen because of the import suspension.
The circulation period of that kind of beef is one year, half that of normal frozen meat, which means most will expire in two or three months at best.
It still remains to be seen how the strategy will work as consumers are showing different reactions to the decision to resume U.S. beef imports.
"It seems to be an understandable approach. For the importers, it's important to get a foot in the door," Yang Seung-joon, an Oriental medicinal doctor in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, said.
"The meat in storage now doesn't look particularly dangerous, but we still can't be too careful about safety because still not much has been discovered about mad cow disease yet."
Some consumers were more negative about the promotion.
"It is nothing more than a cheap trick to dispose of old meat. Anyhow, I don't think I will eat U.S. beef under these circumstances," said Kim Han-bom, a teacher at a private institute in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. |
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Frankly Mr Shankly
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Where is it gonna be sold? Where in the Ilsan area for pete's sake! |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| KIBA needs to hand a list of importers over to us so that we can give our business to people who sell US beef. |
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Lekker
Joined: 09 Feb 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm all about it, but, big but, what if, what if it hasn't been thawed out and left to sit in some hot stinky room for a few days, then, refrozen, so when you take it home and cook it, you could get really sick in your stomach, then you hear about people all over the country with severe diarrhea. Then they are all made out to look like fools for buying American beef.
You never know, I mean, it is possible.
Regardless, I'm all about it. Where can I buy it? Korean Beef sucks. Australian beef is good but I want some America *beep* Yeah beef. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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With bigger retailers still reluctant to accept U.S. beef in their stores, KIBA said most of the meat would be sold at butchers and restaurants under its direct management.
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At 30% off? Woo-who!
So how do we get the names/addresses of these butchers and restaurants? |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Frankly Mr Shankly wrote: |
| Where is it gonna be sold? Where in the Ilsan area for pete's sake! |
There is a butcher in Ilsan who sells beef at a decent price, but I don't know if he will have American beef or not. I may go there some time and get some. Do you know the Baengma area? There is a good butcher over there not far from the Cafe Ti Amo cafe. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Best Canada Day in Korea ever! |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Lekker wrote: |
I'm all about it, but, big but, what if, what if it hasn't been thawed out and left to sit in some hot stinky room for a few days, then, refrozen, so when you take it home and cook it, you could get really sick in your stomach, then you hear about people all over the country with severe diarrhea. Then they are all made out to look like fools for buying American beef.
You never know, I mean, it is possible.
Regardless, I'm all about it. Where can I buy it? Korean Beef sucks. Australian beef is good but I want some America *beep* Yeah beef. |
I'm with you on this one, eating beef that has been kept frozen for however many monthes in Korea is not the best idea as for as i'm concerned. Who knows how well they were taking care of it. 
I'm really happy that I will have nice cheep beef soon but I will wait a little while untill the stuff that has been sitting around for god knows how long has been eaten.  |
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| cheeseface wrote: |
| Lekker wrote: |
I'm all about it, but, big but, what if, what if it hasn't been thawed out and left to sit in some hot stinky room for a few days, then, refrozen, so when you take it home and cook it, you could get really sick in your stomach, then you hear about people all over the country with severe diarrhea. Then they are all made out to look like fools for buying American beef.
You never know, I mean, it is possible.
Regardless, I'm all about it. Where can I buy it? Korean Beef sucks. Australian beef is good but I want some America *beep* Yeah beef. |
I'm with you on this one, eating beef that has been kept frozen for however many monthes in Korea is not the best idea as for as i'm concerned. Who knows how well they were taking care of it.
I'm really happy that I will have nice cheep beef soon but I will wait a little while untill the stuff that has been sitting around for god knows how long has been eaten. |
Yeah, because the thing the government wants above all is for people to get sick on the US beef they've been spending billions to promote as safe.
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12begonesoon
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| Lekker wrote: |
I'm all about it, but, big but, what if, what if it hasn't been thawed out and left to sit in some hot stinky room for a few days, then, refrozen, so when you take it home and cook it, you could get really sick in your stomach, then you hear about people all over the country with severe diarrhea. Then they are all made out to look like fools for buying American beef.
You never know, I mean, it is possible.
Regardless, I'm all about it. Where can I buy it? Korean Beef sucks. Australian beef is good but I want some America *beep* Yeah beef. |
Thought about this and it terrifies me. Your nose is your best friend in this case. Rancid meat usually has a very distinct odor, even after it is cooked. |
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aka Dave
Joined: 02 May 2008
Location: Down by the river
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Yeah, you can tell bad beef pretty easily. Smell, texture can give rancid beef away.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/glossary/beef/
Can't wait till it gets down here to Cheong-ju. A great excuse to eat beef!
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Gollywog
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:05 am Post subject: |
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KWhitehead, good post, great avatar.
If The Onion were running the press in Korea, they couldn't come up with any stranger, more absurd stories than the Korean media.
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"The meat in storage now doesn't look particularly dangerous, but we still can't be too careful about safety because still not much has been discovered about mad cow disease yet." |
They only way to stay sane in Korea is fix yourself a stiff drink and have a good laugh. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: |
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KWhitehead, good post, great avatar.
If The Onion were running the press in Korea, they couldn't come up with any stranger, more absurd stories than the Korean media.
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"The meat in storage now doesn't look particularly dangerous, but we still can't be too careful about safety because still not much has been discovered about mad cow disease yet." |
They only way to stay sane in Korea is fix yourself a stiff drink and have a good laugh. |
I was thinking the same thing when I read it. What did that person expect the meat to do--jump out of the freezer and bite him? |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| bangbayed wrote: |
| cheeseface wrote: |
| Lekker wrote: |
I'm all about it, but, big but, what if, what if it hasn't been thawed out and left to sit in some hot stinky room for a few days, then, refrozen, so when you take it home and cook it, you could get really sick in your stomach, then you hear about people all over the country with severe diarrhea. Then they are all made out to look like fools for buying American beef.
You never know, I mean, it is possible.
Regardless, I'm all about it. Where can I buy it? Korean Beef sucks. Australian beef is good but I want some America *beep* Yeah beef. |
I'm with you on this one, eating beef that has been kept frozen for however many monthes in Korea is not the best idea as for as i'm concerned. Who knows how well they were taking care of it.
I'm really happy that I will have nice cheep beef soon but I will wait a little while untill the stuff that has been sitting around for god knows how long has been eaten. |
Yeah, because the thing the government wants above all is for people to get sick on the US beef they've been spending billions to promote as safe.
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I'm not worried about the government, it's the incompetent workers who could have been in charge of the freezers.......
How long has it been frozen for now? I'm just going to let you get through the old stuff before the fresher stuff arrives from the US. |
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Gollywog
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:53 am Post subject: |
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This whole business of BSE is so ludicrous. There's no BSE.
But who really wants to eat beef that's been on a freighter for weeks/months and then in another freezer for months, thawed, frozen and thawed again?
You know, sometimes it tastes a little funky. And that goes for the beef here, regardless of country of origin.
Look at the fish. And the other stuff. The Koreans seem to like stuff kinda rotten. |
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