BEEF HORMONES
October 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE USA and Canada have been asked to lift Euro 120 million of extra tariffs levied against EU vegetable, fruit juice and mustard exports following the imposition of a European directive on beef production hormones. It confirms their prohibition for meat sold in Europe, but Brussels claims that by basing the law on science, it countered WTO criticism that the bans were illegal by being insufficiently based on risk assessments.
THE USA and Canada have been asked to lift Euro 120 million of extra tariffs levied against EU vegetable, fruit juice and mustard exports following the imposition of a European directive on beef production hormones. It confirms their prohibition for meat sold in Europe, but Brussels claims that by basing the law on science, it countered WTO criticism that the bans were illegal by being insufficiently based on risk assessments.
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