Sentences with phrase «of ractopamine»
According to reporting by Reuters, Smithfield began limiting the use of ractopamine on some, but not all, of its animals last year, with an eye on the Chinese market.
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These countries refuse to purchase meat from the United States due to the use of ractopamine.
Brazil makes HUGE use of ractopamine (look it up... a couple of years ago we had a BUNCH of meat travelling back from Russia to Brazil because they tested and showed presence of ractopamine), growth hormones and antibiotics and there is no label requirement to any of these.
Pork: In 2012, Aramark committed to eliminate all pork from animals bred using gestation crates by 2017; it will also work to address issues of pain relief associated with castration and the eventual elimination of tail docking, as well as eventual elimination of the use of ractopamine.
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The company is also addressing the hidden yet serious problem of unnatural growth forced upon farm animals, by eliminating the harmful feed additives and hormones pumped into cattle and pigs, including rBGH, zilpaterol hydrochloride, and ractopamine.
The weight - gain drug called Ractopamine is one of the worst culprits, according to studies.
And one feed additive still used in the United States to help pigs gain lean weight — ractopamine — has been banned in China because of feared negative health effects.