date:Feb 09, 2013
eopardize more than $500 million in U.S. meat exports.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ractopamine as safe for boosting growth and leanness in pigs in the weeks leading up to slaughterin 1999 and has since approved the drug for use in cattle and turkeys. More than two dozen other countries, including Canada and Brazil have given the feed additive the green light, but the substance remains prohibited in China, the European Union, and many other countries.
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