A little over the top, maybe.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has executed an emergency Sunday press conference to calm down the panic in Korea over the media’s scare tactics in generating fear amongst the public of mad cow disease in American beef.
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So now this is becoming a big liability, with media outlets pressuring the Korean president and government officials to eat American beef on TV to prove it’s safe.
But if you’ve read anything like The Omnivore’s Dilemma or Fast Food Nation, or just been underwhelmed with the USDA’s concern about the safety of the food supply (just how is recalling possibly contaminated beef after most of it has been eaten supposed to work again?) it doesn’t seem quite so crazy.
Via: ZenKimchi’s Korean Food Journal.
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Hyung Lee 05.09.08 at 4:42 am
Dear Cathi
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