Korea applied to the world organization for animal health (OIE) for a country risk assessment for BSE.
As a result, Korea was rated an "undetermined risk country", the lowest of three grades.
The OIE explained Korea had not done adequate BSE testing and had not clearly defined its ban on the
use of animal byproduct feeds.
Woo Hee-Jong, a professor of veterinary medicine at Seoul National University, said since BSE could
theoretically break out in Korean cattle, :We must enchance safety standards by taking active measures
including drastically increasing tests for mad cow disease".