Comments on: Korean Beef Less Safe then American Beef

By: kushibo

kushibo — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:08:41 +0000

Last year a woman in South Korea died from Mad Cow Disease due to bovine material used in materials utilized in surgery. I’m not sure, therefore, if Korea “never” has had a BSE-infected cow.

Given the way that hoof-and-mouth is widely checked, I’d be surprised if BSE is not routinely checked. Got a link to the “every Korean beef tested” claim, Tom?

John in NY (#19), that is a false representation of the argument. Why do you (or we) tolerate shoddy food production practices as if the solution is to eat either nothing (or nothing interesting) or eat only unhealthful food?

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:41:06 +0000

@18 – If they are a member of the OIE then they just recently joined. They Choson Ilbo article above clearly states that South Korea was not a member of the OIE.

By: John in NY

John in NY — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:28:41 +0000

I can’t eat anything I want to eat. I have to eat boring vegetables and tasteless beets and drink water only so I can live to 120. I wonder if any of my friends will be alive then.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:06:24 +0000

-”Korean beef does not need to be tested for BSE because BSE has never been found in Korean beef because Korean beef has never been tested because it’s never been found.”

NONSENSE. Every Korean beef is tested for Mad Cow, and it’s safe. Also, Koreans don’t make pink stuff to fill the beef with, so that they look more meaty, like the fraudsters, the US beef industry, does.

-”If Korean beef is so safe why aren’t they part of the OIE?”

NONSENSE. Korea is a member country of the OIE. Look it up before you shoot your mouth.

http://www.oie.int/index.php?L=3&id=103

By: G.I. G.I. Joe

G.I. G.I. Joe — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:17:07 +0000

Korean beef does not need to be tested for BSE because BSE has never been found in Korean beef because Korean beef has never been tested because it’s never been found.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:05:34 +0000

@13 - I have seen those documentaries and I very rarely eat any beef that isn't grass fed. Here is a recommendation of where to order some quality grass fed US beef. With that all said we don't know how safe Korean beef is because they are not members of the OIE. If Korean beef is so safe why aren't they part of the OIE? At least the US beef industry is confident enough in their product despite all their problems to be a member of the OIE.

By: kushibo

kushibo — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:46:38 +0000

Truth, several people now have mentioned the Bush administration suing the beef supplier that wanted to check 100% of its beef, so the idea that America is a “far more open society” falls flat on its face when it comes to the food industry. There are loads and loads of examples, including cutting testing by 90%, or forcing dairy producers who produce bovine hormone-free products to add a label saying there’s no evidence that bovine hormones in milk are a hazard to human health.

I don’t trust anything in Korea that I cannot verify myself, but to say that America’s food manufacture is “open” and operates on the “free exchange of ideas” is simply fantastical.

By: Truth

Truth — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:02:59 +0000

Any korean that parades around with an english name, hoping to gain more respect is what is ridiculous.

How can you judge the korean industry when you do not have all the facts. korean culture dictates hiding the bad stuff. America is a far more open society and readily promotes the free exchange of ideas. korea not so much.

Do you know anything about the food supply in korea? How many times in the past decades have their been garbage found in dumplings, parasites in kimchi, left over food recycled and served in eateries, strange or hazardous materials found in popular snack foods. Yet, you believe the beef industry in korea is somehow cleaner or better than the USA? Hard to discuss the issue with someone so ignorant.

By: Christine Kim

Christine Kim — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:33:38 +0000

This is the most ridiculous argument I’ve read in a long time. This is proof that Korean beef is not as safe as American beef? Granted, we have our faults I’m sure (and I won’t question that we import protein-based feed, etc.), but go read Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation or watch Food, Inc. before you judge.

I can safely say American food products are the most dangerous out there, whether or not their farmers are registered, largely because these food safety regulating bodies (FDA, USDA, etc.) have been compromised a long time ago.

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