§ Lord Kennetasked 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 HighburyConsistent 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.