He also called for more inspections of cattle at the slaughterhouse and to ensure that the 1997 feed ban on ground bone meal is not being violated.

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The EU has recently imposed an universal testing scheme on animals older than 30 months destined for the food chain as well as a six-month ban on meat-based livestock feed.

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In a move with implications for the sale of T-bone steaks, he said he would make a proposal in the coming weeks, sticking "as closely as possible" to scientific advice that the vertebral column should be removed in countries where it could be shown that a ban on meat-based animal feed was not strictly enforced.

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It caused the French Government to ban meat and bone meal in animal feed, take T-bone steaks off menus and institute more stringent health tests for cattle.

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EU, and to ban the use of meat in animal-feed for cattle.

ECONOMIST: The European Union

Mr. Henley says he spent several years learning to make foie gras that wouldn't violate the California ban, visiting small farms in Hungary and France that feed birds a smaller amount.

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France, which has banned the sale of T-bone steaks and all animal feed made from ground-up cattle, so called meat and bonemeal, had called for a complete ban on the produce in an effort to avoid isolation within the union.

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