Foot-and-Mouth Virus Drives Up Korean Meat Prices     Text
Size   Published: Tuesday, 25 Jan 2011 | 6:41 PM ET By: CNBC
Asia Pacific   Good evening I'm Saijal Patel and you're watching
“Asia Market Daily”.  Food inflation is a huge concern as we
head into Lunar New Year.  Most of the focus has been on prices
in China.  But in South Korea, the price of meat has been rising
as well.  It's been almost 2 months since the first outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease in the country, and despite government
efforts to counter the spread, the virus shows little signs of
abating - keeping the pressure on prices.  SBS CNBC's Hyunmo Ahn
reports.  (Package starts)  So far the virus has been found in 7
cities and provinces, even hitting a state livestock research
institute. Hundreds of thousands of personnel have been deployed
for culling and vaccination, amid criticism that the government
reacted too late.  Lee Jae-Yul, Disaster & Safety Bereau,
Ministry of Public Administration and Security:  "Additional 2.2
million doses of