date:Nov 28, 2012
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Study finds traces of veterinary drug
The study also tested 240 additional samples of pork and found that 20 percent contained traces of ractopamine, a controversial beta-agonist drug widely used in pork production to boost feed efficiency and leanness.
Each sample that tested positive had concentrations at less than 5 parts per billion (ppb), which is below the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations safety standard for pork muscle meat (50 ppb) and the recently adopted Codex Alimentariu