South Korea, US to discuss beef imports
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea and the United States will hold talks next week to discuss Seoul's rejection of American beef shipments for containing banned bone fragments, the two governments said Friday.
2 February 2007
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The two-day meeting is to be held in Seoul beginning Wednesday, South Korea's Agriculture and Forestry Ministry said in a press release. The U.S. Embassy in Seoul confirmed the plans.
The meeting, described as a "technical consultation," was requested by U.S. officials and comes as the two sides are at odds over the bone fragment issue.
South Korea fears bone fragments could harbor mad cow disease.
Source: Yahoo News
