South Korea says will continue to allow U.S. beef imports

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will continue to allow U.S. beef imports after a cow was discovered with mad cow disease in California, the Korean agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. It said it will strengthen its quarantine inspections of imported U.S. beef until the U.S. authorities provide details of the outbreak situation, but stopped short of suspending inspections, which would have effectively prevented imports. “We have requested details from the U.S. side, as we need to determine which necessary measures should be taken,” a ministry official told reporters. U.S. …