#ractopamine

[chefkevinashton]

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Future UK trade deals must not compromise animal welfare and public health

Sign Vet Danny Chambers petition to protect #AnimalWelfare and #PublicHealth

from unsafe food imports produced at factory farms in the #US and elsewhere.

[thoughtlessarse]

Lawmakers throw pig guts, punches on Taiwan parliament floor

Lawmakers in Taiwan got into a fist fight and threw pig guts at each other Friday over a soon-to-be enacted policy that would allow imports of U.S. pork and beef.

Premier Su Tseng-chang was due to give a regularly scheduled policy report to lawmakers on Friday morning about the pork policy when opposition party lawmakers from the Nationalist party, also known as the KMT, blocked his attempt to speak by dumping bags of pig organs. Legislators from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party attempted to stop them, resulting in chaos and an exchange of punches.

A DPP lawmaker wrestled a KMT lawmaker to the floor in the scuffle.

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I think I just heard pigfucker David Cameron cumming; all those pig entrails in a parliament. 

Most countries have a ban on meat containing the growth promoter ractopamine. Not even China, which has a pork shortage due to the 2017 swine flu cull, will accept US pork.

[sabrinawhill]

Ractopamine Found in Pork Shipment from Canada to China

Ractopamine Found in Pork Shipment from Canada to China

A shipment of pigs’ feet to China from Canada was flagged for containing ractopamine. Ractopamine is a banned growth drug by China and may impact future exports by Canada. China views the tainted shipment as a “systemic failure” of Canada’s program that certifies pork sent to China is free of ractopamine, and the situation “could affect future pork exports,” as reported by Reuters. The Canadian…

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[chrisinmaryville]

Is Your Thanksgiving Turkey On Drugs?

Is Your Thanksgiving Turkey On Drugs?

By Chris Morran

Consumerist

November 21, 2015

  (Image courtesy of Vicki DeLoach/Flickr,CC)

  We’ve written before about the overuse of antibiotics in turkeys and how it contributes to the development of drug-resistant bacteria, and some companies have pledged to cut down on the amount of unnecessary antibiotics they feed to their birds. But was the turkey you’re planning to carve up next…

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[foodqualityandsafety]

Two different lawsuits have been filed by groups that include the Center for Food Safety and the Humane Society of the United States against the U.S. FDA for approving several controversial drugs used in food production without fully examining how they affect people, animals, and the environment. The products targeted in the lawsuits are based on...

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10. US-NEWS - Other Links

10. US-NEWS – Other Links

• U.S. Groups Suing FDA Over Ractopamine Approvals – AGCanada The FDA does not seem to get sued nearly as often as the EPA, or so it seems.

• 8 Trends Shaping the Future of Agriculture • FarmPolicy » Blog Archives » Policy Issues; Trade; Ag Economy; Biotech; Immigration; and, Regulations- Monday

• EPA Asks for Comments on Neonicotinoid Use on Soybeans – Archives | CropWatch | University of…

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Controversial Chemical Banned In Europe and China, Leads Russia to Ban U.S. Beef and Pork...

Chemical-contaminated U.S. meat in “crude violation” of Russian law has led to all American meat being banned from entering Russia effective February 11, reports Bloomberg.com.

Ractopamine, a controversial growth hormone not approved in Russia was detected again in recent U.S. imports, despite “repeated warnings” that Rosselkhoznadzor, the Russian food safety agency, prohibits the substance,…

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