The most recent examples of the inhuman and immoral positions maintained by the United States and the United Kingdom in the Committee include the placing on hold of contracts for serums and vaccines intended for children on the pretext that such items can be used in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction. On 2 January 2001, they also placed a hold on contract 801078, which the Ministry of Health had concluded with the French company Nutris for the supply of cytogenic media, on the grounds that it included dual-use items.