Monday August 18th 2008, 7:00 pm
As a health panic wanes, Democrats run out of reasons to oppose U.S.-Korea free trade.
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Beyond beef.
South Korea to tighten quarantine inspections on Nebraska beef.
Monday August 18th 2008, 7:00 pm
South Korea will conduct tightened quarantine inspections of all beef imported from a U.S. slaughterhouse that has been ordered to recall its products, the government said Sunday.
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Beyond beef.
Monday August 18th 2008, 11:00 am
As a health panic wanes, Democrats run out of reasons to oppose U.S.-Korea free trade.
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South Korea to tighten quarantine inspections on Nebraska beef.
Monday August 18th 2008, 11:00 am
South Korea will conduct tightened quarantine inspections of all beef imported from a U.S. slaughterhouse that has been ordered to recall its products, the government said Sunday.
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Behind the headlines: GM food.
Sunday August 17th 2008, 7:00 pm
As a passionate organic farmer, Prince Charles is worried that the GM genie might wreak havoc once it’s out of the bottle. There have been food scares before – look at Mad Cow Disease.
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Big retailers prefer Australian beef for Chuseok.
Sunday August 17th 2008, 7:00 pm
After a long, draining struggle, U.S. beef made its way back to Korea last month. But importers are now facing a new challenge: finding a place to sell the product still widely rejected by the nation's biggest retailers.
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Another mad cow case confirmed.
Sunday August 17th 2008, 7:00 pm
A six-year-old beef cow was confirmed Friday as the 13th case of mad cow disease in Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said. It is the 14th confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, in Canada.
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Six months later, did the Chino beef recall produce benefits?
Sunday August 17th 2008, 7:00 pm
The mistreatment and illegal slaughter of "downer" cows at the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. in Chino sparked the largest U.S. beef recall in history. Six months later, the recall is over, but its impact is clear and far-reaching.
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Organic foods deserve more credibility.
Saturday August 16th 2008, 7:00 pm
Organic agriculture is part of the solution to reduce reliance on potentially dangerous pesticides and fertilizers highly dependent on oil and natural gas for their production.
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Banned EU beef found imported from Sweden.
Saturday August 16th 2008, 7:00 pm
A box of banned beef has been found in a shipment of pig bones imported from Sweden, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said Thursday.
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