Buying a hundred pounds of beef seems less daunting knowing that we are fueling the local economy. That’s an investment I can feel good about.

The government removed the last legal barrier keeping American beef imports from store shelves on Thursday, after weeks of demonstrations stoked by fears of mad cow disease.

The government will lift the ban on U.S. beef imports Thursday, after weeks of demonstrations stoked by fears of mad cow disease.

Officials seized cattle that they said were being raised on an ecological reserve, a warning to other ranchers raising cattle on illegally deforested land in Amazonia.

The accord on beef import from the U.S. into South Korea will be put on hold until public concern over the deal subsides, a South Korean official said.

President Lee Myung-bak’s government reshuffle is intended to help restore trust, which has been shaken by a deeply unpopular deal on importing American beef.

An agreement in which the U.S. would not export to South Korea beef from cattle under 30 months old is was sought to defuse South Korean furor over beef exports.

South Korea said it would send its top trade negotiator to the United States to try to revise an agreement to resume imports of beef that has triggered major demonstrations.

The proposed ban from the food supply of all cows that are too sick or injured to walk is a long-sought victory for advocates of animal welfare.

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced a total ban on meat plant slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand.