BILLINGS, MONT. (September 8, 2006) R-CALF USA is pleased with the news that South Korea has agreed to partially lift its ban on U.S. beef exports. R-CALF USA trusts that the extreme delay the United States continues to experience in fully restoring access to important export markets will signal to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) the critical need to improve U.S. import controls.
South Korea has imposed stricter standards on U.S. beef exports than the U.S. imposes on imports from BSE-affected countries such as Canada and Japan. South Korea is only accepting boneless beef from cattle slaughtered in the U.S. that are under 30 months of age. Beef from Canadian cattle imported into the U.S. is ineligible for export to South Korea. Only boneless beef from cattle that are born and raised in the U.S., or cattle imported from Mexico that have resided in the U.S. for at least 100 days prior to slaughter, is eligible for export. Additionally, although the United States does not require the removal of the skull, brain, eyes, spinal cord, and vertebral column from Canadian cattle, South Korea requires the removal of all of these specified risk materials (SRMs) in cattle that are processed for export to that country.
"The mismatch between the United States' relaxed import requirements and the more restrictive standards placed on U.S. exports continues to harm the U.S. cattle industry," said R-CALF USA President Chuck Kiker. "South Korea had delayed even this partial reopening of its border precisely because it viewed U.S. import requirements for Canadian beef and cattle to be inadequate."
Not that i support r-calf or not but right there it says that the import of Canadian beef and cattle is in fact jepordizing our trade with other countries.
South Korea has imposed stricter standards on U.S. beef exports than the U.S. imposes on imports from BSE-affected countries such as Canada and Japan. South Korea is only accepting boneless beef from cattle slaughtered in the U.S. that are under 30 months of age. Beef from Canadian cattle imported into the U.S. is ineligible for export to South Korea. Only boneless beef from cattle that are born and raised in the U.S., or cattle imported from Mexico that have resided in the U.S. for at least 100 days prior to slaughter, is eligible for export. Additionally, although the United States does not require the removal of the skull, brain, eyes, spinal cord, and vertebral column from Canadian cattle, South Korea requires the removal of all of these specified risk materials (SRMs) in cattle that are processed for export to that country.
"The mismatch between the United States' relaxed import requirements and the more restrictive standards placed on U.S. exports continues to harm the U.S. cattle industry," said R-CALF USA President Chuck Kiker. "South Korea had delayed even this partial reopening of its border precisely because it viewed U.S. import requirements for Canadian beef and cattle to be inadequate."
Not that i support r-calf or not but right there it says that the import of Canadian beef and cattle is in fact jepordizing our trade with other countries.
