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South Korea bans more beef from Tyson plants
19 Jun 2007 05:39:53 GMT
Source: Reuters
SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - South Korea halted beef imports from two more plants owned by Tyson Foods Inc. <TSN.N> after finding they wrongly shipped meat produced for U.S. sale only, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that the 130 kg (286.6 lb) of beef Tyson shipped to South Korea on June 2 were actually intended for U.S. sale, the ministry said in a statement.
South Korea will return the beef and will temporarily ban imports from the two Tyson plants.
The country has already suspended some imports from Cargill [CARG.UL] for sending beef containing short bones and from two other Tyson plants for shipping meat that should have been sold only for domestic consumption.
At present, Seoul allows imports of boneless U.S. beef from cattle less than 30 months old, while the United States has no restriction on age and meat cuts for domestic consumption.
South Korea, once the third-largest importer of U.S. beef, accepted in April the first shipment of boneless meat into the country for sale since December 2003, when it imposed a ban after mad cow disease was found in the United States.
The country has been expected to be ready by September to resume imports of U.S. beef with bones, while Washington has called on Seoul to ease import restrictions to ease the passage of a bilateral trade deal.
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Tyson did not ship beef rejected by S. Korea
Yahoo! News Asia
June 19, 2007
CHICAGO, June 19 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc. said Tuesday that another company wrongly shipped its beef to South Korea, which resulted in that country banning beef from two Tyson plants.
This is the second time this month that beef produced by Tyson for domestic use was wrongly shipped to South Korea by another company.
Earlier on Tuesday, South Korea said it will return about 287 lbs of beef that should not have been shipped there. It also will ban beef from two more beef plants owned by Tyson Foods.
"Tyson did not ship the beef in question. We produced it for domestic sale and consumption," Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson said in an e-mail on Tuesday.
The beef was sold to a Minnesota company, which resold it to Midamar Corp. Midamar mistakenly exported the beef to South Korea several weeks ago without Tyson's knowledge, Mickelson said. Tyson is working with USDA to resolve the problem.
Earlier this month, South Korea rejected beef that was produced by Tyson and Cargill Inc. for domestic use. The beef was wrongly shipped to South Korea by a customer that had bought beef from both companies.
That incident prompted South Korea to ban beef from two Tyson plants and two Cargill plants.
asia.news.yahoo.com
19 Jun 2007 05:39:53 GMT
Source: Reuters
SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - South Korea halted beef imports from two more plants owned by Tyson Foods Inc. <TSN.N> after finding they wrongly shipped meat produced for U.S. sale only, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that the 130 kg (286.6 lb) of beef Tyson shipped to South Korea on June 2 were actually intended for U.S. sale, the ministry said in a statement.
South Korea will return the beef and will temporarily ban imports from the two Tyson plants.
The country has already suspended some imports from Cargill [CARG.UL] for sending beef containing short bones and from two other Tyson plants for shipping meat that should have been sold only for domestic consumption.
At present, Seoul allows imports of boneless U.S. beef from cattle less than 30 months old, while the United States has no restriction on age and meat cuts for domestic consumption.
South Korea, once the third-largest importer of U.S. beef, accepted in April the first shipment of boneless meat into the country for sale since December 2003, when it imposed a ban after mad cow disease was found in the United States.
The country has been expected to be ready by September to resume imports of U.S. beef with bones, while Washington has called on Seoul to ease import restrictions to ease the passage of a bilateral trade deal.
alertnet.org
Tyson did not ship beef rejected by S. Korea
Yahoo! News Asia
June 19, 2007
CHICAGO, June 19 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc. said Tuesday that another company wrongly shipped its beef to South Korea, which resulted in that country banning beef from two Tyson plants.
This is the second time this month that beef produced by Tyson for domestic use was wrongly shipped to South Korea by another company.
Earlier on Tuesday, South Korea said it will return about 287 lbs of beef that should not have been shipped there. It also will ban beef from two more beef plants owned by Tyson Foods.
"Tyson did not ship the beef in question. We produced it for domestic sale and consumption," Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson said in an e-mail on Tuesday.
The beef was sold to a Minnesota company, which resold it to Midamar Corp. Midamar mistakenly exported the beef to South Korea several weeks ago without Tyson's knowledge, Mickelson said. Tyson is working with USDA to resolve the problem.
Earlier this month, South Korea rejected beef that was produced by Tyson and Cargill Inc. for domestic use. The beef was wrongly shipped to South Korea by a customer that had bought beef from both companies.
That incident prompted South Korea to ban beef from two Tyson plants and two Cargill plants.
asia.news.yahoo.com