date:Feb 16, 2013
roperly used. The ban may lead to millions of dollars infinancial losses to the US meat industry if the ban isn't soonlifted.
US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and US TradeRepresentative Ron Kirk said the US is very disappointed withthe decision. Russia has disregarded the extensive and expertscientific studies conducted by the international food safetystandards body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which hasrepeatedly concluded that animal feed containing the additiveractopamine is co