Record U.S. Beef Sales Seen as Japan Reviews Curbs: Commodities U.S. farmers, poised to ship record beef cargoes for a second straight year, may get a further boost as Japan, once their biggest overseas customer, considers easing trade curbs imposed after an outbreak of mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Record U.S. Beef Sales Seen as Japan Reviews Curbs on Cattle: Commodities U.S. farmers, poised to ship record beef cargoes for a second straight year, may get a further boost as Japan, once their biggest overseas customer, considers easing trade curbs imposed after an outbreak of mad-cow disease. [News Source]

South Korea Lifts Canadian Beef Ban South Korea has lifted an eight-year ban on imports of Canadian beef. Seoul imposed the ban after mad cow disease was found in a Canadian cow in 2003. Topics:  Global Manufacturing Government Food/Beverage Safety [News Source]

South Korea lifts ban on Canadian beef. South Korea lifted its ban on Canadian beef, due to the threat of mad cow disease, after nearly nine years, raising Canadian government hopes for progress in stalled free-trade negotiations between the two countries. [News Source]

South Korea drops ban on Canadian beef. The last major Asian market banning Canadian beef since a 2003 mad cow outbreak — South Korea — has reopened its borders to meat from cattle under 30 months old, the federal government announced Friday. [News Source]

South Korea lifts 9-year import ban on Canadian beef. South Korea lifted its nine-year import ban on Canadian beef on Friday, Canada's agriculture and trade ministers said, removing one of the obstacles to a free-trade deal. South Korea is the last major beef-importing country to agree to resume imports of Canadian beef, since a 2003 case of mad-cow disease in Canada. [News Source]

South Korea clears way for free-trade talks as Canadian beef ban lifted. South Korea is lifting its ban on Canadian beef, eliminating a key impediment to long-stalled free trade talks between the two countries. The Harper government walked away from talks with South Korea in 2008, frustrated over its shunning of Canadian beef after a mad-cow disease outbreak. [News Source]

South Korea lifts ban on Canadian beef. Almost nine years after the "mad cow" disease was found in Canadian cattle, the South Korean government finally dropped its ban on Canadian beef imports, reported China's Xinhua news agency. [News Source]

Sth Korea lifts ban on Canadian beef South Korea has lifted an eight-year ban on imports of Canadian beef. [News Source]

South Korea lifts ban on imports of Canadian beef South Korea has lifted an eight-year ban on imports of Canadian beef.Seoul imposed the ban after mad cow disease was found in a Canadian cow in 2003. Canada has since been recognized as a "controlled ... [News Source]