1.   Families needed those meats to carry them through cold winters.

2.   Fresh, cured or dried meat and meat products are usually prohibited because meat can carry pathogens or viruses deadly to American livestock.

3.   Most meat now carries safe-handling instructions that advise us to wash our hands, cutting boards and utensils after cutting raw meat.

4.   But Commission spokesman Nigel Gardner said the offer falls short of EU demands the meat carry a specific label showing it is hormone-treated.

5.   The Agriculture Department is moving forward with a Clinton administration proposal to require ground meat to carry nutrition labels similar to those on boxes and cans of processed foods.

6.   The Bush administration is going forward with a proposal to require ground meat to carry nutrition labels similar to those on boxes and cans of processed foods.

7.   All meat must now carry a label of origin.