http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/25/korea-rejects-us-beef-shipment-again/ Korea From North to South Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:27:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/25/korea-rejects-us-beef-shipment-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43358 Details Emerging About US Beef Ban in Korea at ROK Drop Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:32:27 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/25/korea-rejects-us-beef-shipment-again/#comment-43358 [...] US and South Korea have had a continuous back and forth fight over the status of US beef in Korea.  The Koreans are looking for anything to ban US beef in order [...] [...] US and South Korea have had a continuous back and forth fight over the status of US beef in Korea.  The Koreans are looking for anything to ban US beef in order [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/25/korea-rejects-us-beef-shipment-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 Korean Government to Begin Inspecting USFK Agricultural Products at ROK Drop Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:31:51 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/25/korea-rejects-us-beef-shipment-again/#comment-1203 [...] Conveniently after the bone chips were found and disputed by the US government than the Koreans found dioxin poisoning in the beef.  Dioxin poisoning isn’t as ominous as the Korean government would lead you to believe.  The small trace amounts of dioxin come from the environment from cattle breathing in for example burned plastic or smoke from power plants and factories.  If you have ever smelled burned plastic guess what, you have dioxin in you.  The trace amounts are not enough to harm anyone, but the Korean government is going to use whatever they can to keep the domestic beef market closed to the US cattle industry.  [...] [...] Conveniently after the bone chips were found and disputed by the US government than the Koreans found dioxin poisoning in the beef.  Dioxin poisoning isn’t as ominous as the Korean government would lead you to believe.  The small trace amounts of dioxin come from the environment from cattle breathing in for example burned plastic or smoke from power plants and factories.  If you have ever smelled burned plastic guess what, you have dioxin in you.  The trace amounts are not enough to harm anyone, but the Korean government is going to use whatever they can to keep the domestic beef market closed to the US cattle industry.  [...]

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