The World Trade Organization agreed to investigate Indian restrictions on U.S. poultry meat and eggs and decide whether the curbs break global commerce rules.

The U.S. has requested the World Trade Organization help settle a dispute over Indian restrictions on imports of American agricultural products including poultry meat and chicken eggs.

Vista Processed Foods Pvt. Ltd., India's largest frozen processed foods company and part of the OSI Group, recently commissioned a new frozen foods further processing plant in Madanapalle, near Bangalore.

The United States on Tuesday began action at the World Trade Organization to open India's market for poultry meat and eggs, saying an Indian ban on U.S. imports intended to stop the spread of bird flu was not based on sound science.