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世界贸易组织(WTO)对欧盟(EU)提出上诉,认定欧盟禁止进口用生长激素处理的肉类产品违背了贸易准则。由世界贸易组织组成的陪审团小组认定,欧盟对激素处理的肉产品的长期禁令过于严格。陪审团小组是根据美国和加拿大的要求组建的。欧盟对这一裁决表示非常遗憾,即将上诉世界贸易组织的上诉团体以便重新审议。欧盟通常比美国更关注遗传工程或激素处理的食品的安全性,渴求保持对进口这类产品加以限制的权利。尽管上诉内容尚未公开化,但有可能引起争端,使科学与安全问题扩大到国家法律的问题上。在随同上诉书的一份公开报告中,欧洲委员会声称,贸易小组的裁决似乎限制了各国政府确定适合于消费者的保护水平的权利。
The World Trade Organization (WTO) appealed to the European Union (EU), finding that the EU’s ban on imports of growth hormone-treated meat products violates trade guidelines. The panel of jurors, led by the WTO, found the EU’s long-standing ban on hormone-treated meat products too strict. The panel of juries was formed at the request of the United States and Canada. The EU regrets the ruling very soon and is about to appeal to the World Trade Organization’s appeal body for reconsideration. The EU is generally more concerned with the safety of genetically engineered or hormone-treated foods than the United States and is desperate to retain the right to limit imports of such products. Although the content of the appeal has not yet been made public, it is likely to cause disputes and expand the issue of science and security onto the issue of national law. In a public report accompanying the appeal, the European Commission claims that the WTO ruling appears to have limited the right of governments to determine the level of protection appropriate to consumers.