1.   Farmers are calling for a boycott of all imported meat.

2.   Aussie beef, once a byword in Japan for second-rate imported meat, is fast becoming the preferred choice of consumers.

3.   Britain said recently that its epidemic may have started with pig swill being contaminated by illegally imported tainted meat.

4.   In the United States, Sen. Tom Daschle has called for a temporary ban on all livestock imports and for the labeling of imported meat.

5.   Investigators there are focusing in part on imported meat, taking samples from individual containers but also testing facilities where the meat is stored and handled, Feldsine said.

6.   That leaves only imported meat and diminishing stockpiled supplies for sale.

7.   The Department of Agriculture has such authority over imported meat and poultry.

8.   The Department of Agriculture already requires that imported meat and poultry meet U.S. standards.

9.   The Department of Agriculture has that power over imported meat and poultry.

10.   There is an extra fee for imported meats such as prosciutto.