51.   The proposed legislation would end the import ban and the labeling requirement, said co-sponsor Rep. Randy Cunningham.

52.   The planned import ban is under consideration even as the EU struggles to comply with a WTO ruling that declared the hormone-treated beef ban illegal.

53.   The scandal had an impact as far away was Africa, where Ghana ordered an import ban on all chickens, eggs and pork from Belgium.

54.   The World Trade Organization has ruled that the import ban is illegal.

55.   The United States has imposed an import ban on all island potatoes following the discovery in October that part of one field was infected with potato wart fungus.

56.   Toyota made the move after the South Korean government lifted an import ban on automobiles from Japan in July, he said.

57.   U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced the end of the import ban on Persian carpets, caviar and pistachios on Friday.

58.   Fischler told a news conference the import ban would be temporary and apply to EU members and to third countries.

59.   France was one of the first European countries to slap an import ban on British beef in a bid to stem the spread of the disease and reassure consumers.

60.   He said Japan will send inspectors to the special orchards in Washington set aside in anticipation of an eventual lifting of the import ban.