GNP Examines Follow Up to Beef Import Resumption
The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) has begun examining follow-up measures to new rules for U.S. beef imports that went into effect Thursday.
GNP Floor Leader Hong Joon-pyo and other senior lawmakers said the government achieved its goal of restricting beef imports to meat from cattle less than 30 months old. They urged a stop to political wrangling over the issue, saying that beef market reopening has gone according to procedure.
The ruling camp said it would work with the government and seek to enhance quarantine inspections and place-of-origin labeling of imported beef to ensure public safety.
Meanwhile, the GNP said it would positively consider opposition parties’ demand to revise a law on livestock epidemic prevention and to vote freely on the revision in the National Assembly. In addition, the ruling camp said it could discuss with the opposition a parliamentary review of the beef talks.