Comments on: Details Emerging About US Beef Ban in Korea http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/ Serving on the Forgotten Frontier Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:43:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Drawdown of US Troops to Stop on Korean Peninsula http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-153227 Drawdown of US Troops to Stop on Korean Peninsula Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:50:12 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-153227 [...] is that the ban on US beef over mad cow fears was something totally ridiculous and involved possible shady behavior to implement.  It is amazing that something this ridiculous and shady was then used as a bargaining chip to get [...] [...] is that the ban on US beef over mad cow fears was something totally ridiculous and involved possible shady behavior to implement.  It is amazing that something this ridiculous and shady was then used as a bargaining chip to get [...]

]]> By: US Beefed Banned Again in Korea at ROK Drop http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-59968 US Beefed Banned Again in Korea at ROK Drop Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:16:49 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-59968 [...] of beef that were meant for the US market some how ended up in the Korean beef shipment.  It was later found that the four boxes were samples of US beef provided to a South Korean company in California.  [...] [...] of beef that were meant for the US market some how ended up in the Korean beef shipment.  It was later found that the four boxes were samples of US beef provided to a South Korean company in California.  [...]

]]> By: Korea Law Blog http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-59854 Korea Law Blog Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:43:30 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-59854 <strong>US Beef Clearance Suspended Again...</strong> Looks like that legal market opening may be delayed; I think the Free Trade Agreement may be a goner. Korea has suspended the import of American beef once again, this time after Cargill was apparently so sloppy they shipped over not just a few bone chi... US Beef Clearance Suspended Again…

Looks like that legal market opening may be delayed; I think the Free Trade Agreement may be a goner. Korea has suspended the import of American beef once again, this time after Cargill was apparently so sloppy they shipped over not just a few bone chi…

]]> By: The Florida Masochist » Blog Archive » Beef ban http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-59040 The Florida Masochist » Blog Archive » Beef ban Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:49:22 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-59040 [...] Korean beef against cheaper foreign competition. GI at ROK Drop has said so in several posts, this one being one of the more [...] [...] Korean beef against cheaper foreign competition. GI at ROK Drop has said so in several posts, this one being one of the more [...]

]]> By: GI Korea http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-51213 GI Korea Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:40:46 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-51213 The 4 boxes were supposed to go to a hotel in Korea as a sample through an exporter in California. The USDA blamed Midamar for not making sure the meat was not exported to Korea because it did not meet export requirements. You can read the USDA report here: http://www.nmaonline.org/Korea--Midamar--USDA_Inquiry--ver_04--Final.pdf The 4 boxes were supposed to go to a hotel in Korea as a sample through an exporter in California. The USDA blamed Midamar for not making sure the meat was not exported to Korea because it did not meet export requirements. You can read the USDA report here:

http://www.nmaonline.org/Korea–Midamar–USDA_Inquiry–ver_04–Final.pdf

]]> By: inquiring minds http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-50907 inquiring minds Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:08:13 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-50907 <b>Darrin O’Brien, who works in export sales for Midamar, said they were sent to a South Korean company in California, which he said he would not identify.</b> Why doesn't he identify this mysterious "South Korean company"? And how does the unnamed South Korean company have the authority to make shipments for them on behalf of Midamar. Why would a South Korean company that presumably makes money sending American goods to Korea intentionally try to derail the possibility of sending lots of American goods (beef) to Korea in the future? I can think of a few reasons, but I can also think of a few reasons why Midamar might want to make up something to cover their ass. Has the South Korean company been identified since late June? Darrin O’Brien, who works in export sales for Midamar, said they were sent to a South Korean company in California, which he said he would not identify.

Why doesn’t he identify this mysterious “South Korean company”? And how does the unnamed South Korean company have the authority to make shipments for them on behalf of Midamar.

Why would a South Korean company that presumably makes money sending American goods to Korea intentionally try to derail the possibility of sending lots of American goods (beef) to Korea in the future? I can think of a few reasons, but I can also think of a few reasons why Midamar might want to make up something to cover their ass.

Has the South Korean company been identified since late June?

]]> By: This is interesting at Lost Nomad http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-43656 This is interesting at Lost Nomad Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:39:01 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-43656 [...] Make of that what you will. (Hat tip to GI Korea) [...] [...] Make of that what you will. (Hat tip to GI Korea) [...]

]]> By: GI Korea http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-43378 GI Korea Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:53:35 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-43378 Jon, LOL :) Jon, LOL :)

]]> By: Jon Allen http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-43376 Jon Allen Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:38:48 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-43376 The route of the beef seems almost as complicated as the route taken by the £25million from BDA. The route of the beef seems almost as complicated as the route taken by the £25million from BDA.

]]> By: Sonagi http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-43374 Sonagi Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:29:07 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/22/details-emerging-about-us-beef-ban-in-korea/#comment-43374 I'm guessing that little detail about the beef being shipped to a South Korean company won't appear anywhere in the Korean media. I’m guessing that little detail about the beef being shipped to a South Korean company won’t appear anywhere in the Korean media.

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