1. The US imposed an import ban on several types of fish. 2. The newly-imposed French import ban applies to all countries except those with existing direct waste disposal arrangements with France. 3. Already the cheapest cut of chicken, its prices are dropping even more because of a six-week Russian import ban that started slowly easing on Monday. 4. An import ban on all beef products and feed from suspect countries, and ongoing inspections of American herds have kept the disease out, he said. 5. And there is an import ban on unpasteurized cheeses from England and from parts of France and the Netherlands. 6. China experts say the current dance between Hong Kong and mainland China over the import ban represents an early test of their new relationship. 7. CYPRUS The systematic looting of Cypriot antiquities has prompted the United States to impose an emergency import ban on Byzantine ecclesiastical and ritual objects from Cyprus. 8. He said it had not been a big seller until the import ban. 9. In an exception to the import ban, many health supplements contain glandular material from animals whose health status cannot be determined. 10. The agency has also imposed an import ban on substances likely to contain aristolochic acid. |