date:Jul 11, 2012
Responding to a vote at the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the worlds global food standards body, a European Commission communiqu said it would continue to ban ractopamine in all 27 EU member states, in domestic meat production and in imports:[The] EU bans imports of meat from certain countries because they use it [ractopamine], and we intend to continue to do so,said Frdric Vincent, a Commission health and consumer policy spokesperson.
Several countries, including China, Russia, and India, a