The battle over voluntary BSE testing is now over - with a federal appeals court recently ruling USDA can stop meat packers from testing cattle for the disease. The former CEO of Creekstone Farms - the company at the center of that controversy - says voluntary testing would have been a milestone. But John Stewart says there’s another way for U.S. beef exporters to regain their customers in Korea and Japan: DNA-based traceability.

Stewart is now Chief Executive of Nature’s Premium Brand and champions DNA-traceable pork. He says DNA traceback on beef would be of interest to Asia. In fact - he says with that technology - he could probably sell all of his production to Korea and Japan.

Stewart believes someone will step up in the near future - saying there’s a high likelihood DNA traceback on beef could happen within the next year.