41.   European Union farm ministers were considering an EU-wide ban on the feed.

42.   European Union farm ministers were meeting in Brussels to consider an EU-wide ban on such feed.

43.   European Union farm ministers, meeting in Otranto, Italy, on Monday rejected renewed British pleas for an easing of the export ban.

44.   He also urged him to scale down the non-cooperation policy if the farm ministers ease the beef ban.

45.   He then began talks with EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler before attending a session of EU farm ministers.

46.   If it cannot do so, the EU farm ministers must approve the measure.

47.   If the committee does not back the extension, the Commission will go to EU farm ministers for approval.

48.   In Luxembourg, EU farm ministers debated the issue.

49.   Later Monday, the EU farm ministers may lift the ban on trade in bull semen and gelatin and tallow, two beef byproducts.

50.   Later Monday, the EU farm ministers may lift the ban on trade in bull semen and two beef byproducts, gelatin and tallow.