Reports: US agrees to formally acknowledge SKorea’s right to suspend beef imports (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) The United States has agreed in principle to formally acknowledge that South Korea has the right to suspend American beef imports if a new case of mad cow disease breaks out in the country, news reports said Tuesday. [News Source]

Reports: US agrees to formally acknowledge SKorea’s right to suspend beef imports (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) The United States has agreed in principle to formally acknowledge that South Korea has the right to suspend American beef imports if a new case of mad cow disease breaks out in the country, news reports said Tuesday. [News Source]

Reports: US agrees to formally acknowledge SKorea’s right to suspend beef imports (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) The United States has agreed in principle to formally acknowledge that South Korea has the right to suspend American beef imports if a new case of mad cow disease breaks out in the country, news reports said Tuesday. [News Source]

U.S. to Assure Korea of Sovereignty Over Beef Import (donga.com) The government decided to have additional talks with Washington on Seoul’s sovereign right to halt American beef imports if a new case of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is reported in the United States. [News Source]

Don t politicize public health (JoongAng Daily) Korea and the United States reportedly agreed in writing to stipulate that Korea can exert quarantine rights to end beef imports from the United States if there is an outbreak of mad cow disease. [News Source]

U.S. stipulates beef pact changes (JoongAng Daily) Korea and the United States agreed to stipulate that Seoul will be allowed to immediately ban U.S. beef import upon an outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States, according to Korea s Trade Ministry and Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. [News Source]

US and SKorea hold additional beef talks (AFP via Yahoo! News) The United States and South Korea are holding additional talks on US beef imports to help ease fears about mad cow disease here, officials said Monday. [News Source]

Recent Daiei, Inc. News (Japan Corporate News) Tokyo, May 19, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Japanese supermarket chain Daiei Inc. said Monday it will resume sales of beef processed by U.S. meatpacker National Beef Packing Co. in June, following a suspension caused by the discovery of a cow part with a high risk of mad cow disease infection. [News Source]