HL Deb 27 April 1999 vol 600 c28WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which import bans the World Trade Organisation has up to now rejected on the grounds of scientific inadequacy. [HL2006]

Lord Simon of Highbury

Consistent with current WTO rules, WTO panels and the appellate body have ruled against measures restricting imports on the basis of inadequate scientific justification in a number of cases, including the EU's ban on imports of meat from animals which have been treated with hormone growth promoters; Australia's ban on the import of fresh, chilled or frozen salmon from Canada; and Japan's lengthy procedures for testing quarantine requirements for every individual variety of fruit.