SEOUL, May 22 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea, today, began strengthening quarantine inspection on U.S. beef imports, after the outbreak of a mad cow disease in the United States.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said, it decided to increase the proportion of sampling inspections on imported U.S. beef, from three percent to 10 percent, beginning today, as a preliminary measure.
It followed the confirmation of an atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), at a slaughterhouse in South Carolina.
The ministry asked the U.S. government, to provide epidemiological information on the atypical BSE outbreak, noting that, it will take additional measures, if necessary, after reviewing the U.S. epidemiological probe, and having meetings with relevant agencies and experts.
There has been no case of the atypical BSE that led to human infection, according to the ministry.– NNN-YONHAP
