51. In early December, the United States indefinitely suspended imports of clementines from Spain, following the discovery of live Mediterranean fruit fly larvae in some states. 52. China would also suspend imports of US films, television programmes, video tapes and laser discs produced and freeze relations with the American organisations dealing with intellectual property. 53. Corn and soy meal, both used in animal feed, rallied on news that Russian authorities had denied reports that it would suspend imports of US poultry. 54. Earlier this week, Russia had suspended imports of US-produced poultry, citing concerns about the use of antibiotics in US poultry farming and processing. 55. Shortly after the incident, Macau suspended imports of water from the mainland China. 56. The EU last month suspended imports of certain Chinese foodstuffs, including meat and seafood, because it said they could be contaminated with a prohibited antibiotic. 57. The European Union recently suspended imports of several Chinese household products contaminated with a substance supposedly banned in China for two years. 58. The imports were suspended until further notice. 59. The Netherlands has decided provisionally to suspend imports of British beef until Tuesday morning, the Dutch agriculture ministry said Thursday. |