Banned U.S. beef in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has not received any response from U.S. agricultural authorities regarding the discovery of beef products from a U.S. plant containing banned bones, according to Kyodo.
Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department banned beef imports from Swift Beef Co., a processing plant in Colorado, after bones were found in a shipment on Friday. "Beef imports from only one company were suspended," a department spokesman clarified Monday. "We are contacting the relevant U.S. authorities for more information concerning the beef imports in question."
The same thing happened in Japan in January, and the U.S. claimed it was an isolated event. The nerve cells near the bones and spinal material are considered high risk material that can cause BSE, or mad cow disease. Consumers were outraged and Japan immediately banned U.S. beef again. This is getting interesting!
Update: Yonhap reports that South Korea may delay the resumption of American beef imports following the recent confirmation of a case of mad cow disease in the United States, a government official said Tuesday.
Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department banned beef imports from Swift Beef Co., a processing plant in Colorado, after bones were found in a shipment on Friday. "Beef imports from only one company were suspended," a department spokesman clarified Monday. "We are contacting the relevant U.S. authorities for more information concerning the beef imports in question."
The same thing happened in Japan in January, and the U.S. claimed it was an isolated event. The nerve cells near the bones and spinal material are considered high risk material that can cause BSE, or mad cow disease. Consumers were outraged and Japan immediately banned U.S. beef again. This is getting interesting!
Update: Yonhap reports that South Korea may delay the resumption of American beef imports following the recent confirmation of a case of mad cow disease in the United States, a government official said Tuesday.
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