South Korea Lifts Ban on U.S. Beef Imports

Officials said that South Korea had lifted an import ban on American beef today. They were hoping to move on from a crisis that battered the Pro-U.S. government with protests over mad cow disease concerns. The United States and South Korea agreed last week to restrict U.S. beef imports to younger cattle. This modifies an earlier deal that placed few restrictions on meat shipments and sparked widespread outrage against the government. Meat from cattle younger than 30 months is considered at less risk of mad cow disease. U. S. beef has been banned from South Korea since 2003.