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U.S. beef shipment arrives in South KoreaSEOUL, South Korea (AP)--The first shipment of U.S. beef under a controversial import deal arrived in South Korea July 29, officials said, amid lingering public concerns over bovine spongiform encephalpathy. The 1.5 ton shipment, which includes ribs and other cuts with and without bones, was sent to a storage facility near Seoul for quarantine inspections, which could take up to two weeks, according to South Korean quarantine authorities and Nerp Corp., a local meat importer. The shipment is the first after Seoul and Washington agreed in April to lift the import ban, which was later revised due to large South Korean street protests. The shipment also marks the first authorized import of the U.S. beef including bones in nearly five years. South Korea banned U.S. beef after the first case of BSE in the U.S. was discovered in late 2003. Limited imports of boneless beef were briefly allowed last year and then were suspended again when banned materials, such as bones, were discovered in a shipment. Bones had been banned over fears they raised the chances of contamination. The April beef import deal triggered near-daily street rallies over perceptions the country could be exposed to BSE, prompting the entire South Korean Cabinet to offer to resign and leading Lee to replace his top advisers and three ministers. 8/11/08 Date: 8/6/08
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