EU SIGNALS POTENTIAL WTO ACTION IF IMPORTERS BAN EUROPEAN MEAT OVER SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS
March 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has signalled it is prepared to launch World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes actions should non-EU governments impose import bans on European meat and livestock over Schmallenberg Virus outbreaks. A meeting of the EU's Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health late last week (Thursday and Friday) concluded such restrictions would be "disproportionate and scientifically unjustified". Under WTO rules, importing countries can only impose such health-related bans when backed by solid scientific ...
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