Articles Tagged with ''ractopamine''

Russia will import beef from just five of the 25 Mexican processing plants from which it had previously bought as a result of a ban on the feed additive ractopamine.

Russia is set to impose new restrictions on its meat imports, which are expected to be related to concerns over use of the feed additive ractopamine in Canadian livestock.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation said shippers to China, the third biggest buyer of U.S. pork, intend to comply with a new requirement that products have test reports showing they are free of the additive ractopamine.

Smithfield leads the industry in the production of ractopamine-free pork.

China wants a third party to verify that U.S. pork shipped to the country is free of the ractopamine feed additive.

Russia decided to ban imports of U.S. beef, pork and turkey starting on Feb. 11 because it was concerned about traces of the feed additive ractopamine in this meat.

China and South Africa have halted imports of beef from Brazil following a case of atypical BSE that was confirmed last week.

The Kremlin is asserting that its decision to ban beef and pork imports with ractopamine was based on food safety and not retaliation for a human rights bill passed by the U.S. Senate.

Russia has set a deadline for this Friday for U.S. exporters to certify that their beef and pork products have been tested to confirm it is free of the common feed additive ractopamine.

Consumer Reports found high rates of Yersinia enterocolitica, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning, especially in children.