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Typhoon
Joined: 29 May 2007
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 Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:22 am Post subject: Where's the beef???? |
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Korea toughens crackdown on beef with false labels
The government yesterday announced a set of measures to assist local cattle farmers, as in enhancing the quality of homegrown beef and distinguishing itself from cheaper U.S. meat.
The plans came as local ranchers are suffering from falling prices of beef and pork, with U.S. beef set to hit local supermarket shelves in May. Seoul on Friday agreed to resume imports of almost all beef products, after a four-year ban.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said it will provide farmers with 100,000 ($100) won to 200,000 won per each cow for the production of premium Korean beef, called "hanwoo," in Korean.
The ministry also said it will step up its crackdown on those who sell imported beef as Korean meat.
The ministry will seek the revision of a law to give its agency the right to arrest restaurants for falsely marketing imported beef as Korean beef. Currently, probes of restaurants over fake Korean beef are conducted by the Korea Food and Drug Administration and local governments.
Restaurants which sell fake Korean beef could face up to 30 million won in fines and a three-year prison term, along with suspension of operations for one to four weeks, under Korean law.
"We see fake Korean beef as the biggest factor that causes consumer distrust of the meat, and hampers the development of the Korean livestock industry," the ministry said in a statement after a meeting with the ruling Grand National Party.
The ministry also announced tax cuts and other measures to help local farmers cope with the looming influx of cheap U.S. beef parts like ribs, which are popular here.
On Friday when Seoul agreed to the resumption of beef imports, average prices of calves slumped by 7.l2 percent to 1.81 million won, according to the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.
Hanwoo cost more than U.S. beef. Hanwoo is also believed to be safer from mad cow disease than U.S. beef.
The Korean government halted U.S. beef imports in December 2003 in the wake of an outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States.
In January 2006, the Korean government partially lifted the ban, accepting only boneless beef from cattle younger than 30 months old, but suspended imports last year after bone fragments were found in several shipments.
On Friday, Seoul agreed to allow bone-in beef of any age, except for select parts deemed to have a higher risk of transmitting mad cow disease.
Despite the government`s measures, the opposition party stepped up attacks on the latest deal as threatening public health and the livelihood of livestock farmers.
The main opposition United Democratic Party said it will seek a parliamentary hearing on the beef deal.
The minor opposition Democratic Labor Party yesterday proposed talks between opposition leaders to seek alliances against the Grand National Party on the beef issue.
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Cheaper beef is coming back baby!! I had to pay over 10 000 for 200 grams last week. At least something is going to go down in price this year. |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:40 am Post subject: Re: Where's the beef???? |
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Korea toughens crackdown on beef with false labels
The government yesterday announced a set of measures to assist local cattle farmers, as in enhancing the quality of homegrown beef and distinguishing itself from cheaper U.S. meat.
The plans came as local ranchers are suffering from falling prices of beef and pork, with U.S. beef set to hit local supermarket shelves in May. Seoul on Friday agreed to resume imports of almost all beef products, after a four-year ban.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said it will provide farmers with 100,000 ($100) won to 200,000 won per each cow for the production of premium Korean beef, called "hanwoo," in Korean.
The ministry also said it will step up its crackdown on those who sell imported beef as Korean meat.
The ministry will seek the revision of a law to give its agency the right to arrest restaurants for falsely marketing imported beef as Korean beef. Currently, probes of restaurants over fake Korean beef are conducted by the Korea Food and Drug Administration and local governments.
Restaurants which sell fake Korean beef could face up to 30 million won in fines and a three-year prison term, along with suspension of operations for one to four weeks, under Korean law.
"We see fake Korean beef as the biggest factor that causes consumer distrust of the meat, and hampers the development of the Korean livestock industry," the ministry said in a statement after a meeting with the ruling Grand National Party.
The ministry also announced tax cuts and other measures to help local farmers cope with the looming influx of cheap U.S. beef parts like ribs, which are popular here.
On Friday when Seoul agreed to the resumption of beef imports, average prices of calves slumped by 7.l2 percent to 1.81 million won, according to the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.
Hanwoo cost more than U.S. beef. Hanwoo is also believed to be safer from mad cow disease than U.S. beef.
The Korean government halted U.S. beef imports in December 2003 in the wake of an outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States.
In January 2006, the Korean government partially lifted the ban, accepting only boneless beef from cattle younger than 30 months old, but suspended imports last year after bone fragments were found in several shipments.
On Friday, Seoul agreed to allow bone-in beef of any age, except for select parts deemed to have a higher risk of transmitting mad cow disease.
Despite the government`s measures, the opposition party stepped up attacks on the latest deal as threatening public health and the livelihood of livestock farmers.
The main opposition United Democratic Party said it will seek a parliamentary hearing on the beef deal.
The minor opposition Democratic Labor Party yesterday proposed talks between opposition leaders to seek alliances against the Grand National Party on the beef issue.
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Cheaper beef is coming back baby!! I had to pay over 10 000 for 200 grams last week. At least something is going to go down in price this year. |
You can always buy Australian beef at very reasonable prices. |
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KoreanAmbition
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:17 am Post subject: |
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wow,
10000 won for 200 grams of beer.
That's like 1 sandwich for a Canadian.  |
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