Category: oie

  • At It Again

    <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0419657220070605?pageNumber=1">South Korea is at it again</a>. <br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> spokesman Keith Williams said that while Seoul hasn't officially issued a ban on all U.S. beef shipments, the incident negatively impacted exports in the short term.<br />n<br />n"The mere fact is…

  • Controlled Risk

    I missed this with being so busy and the Brucellosis problem in Montana, but the <a href="http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-05-22T193630Z_01_N22412272_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-USA-CANADA-BEEF-COL.XML">US received a "controlled risk" status</a> for <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). This is really good news. Under this status age restrictions for beef are no longer valid and any country who…