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Russian authorities are cutting off purchases from slaughter plants that handle animals treated with ractopamine
Russia has blocked beef and pork shipments from dozens of Canadian meat plants, including two in Manitoba, in an ongoing dispute over the use of the feed additive ractopamine. According to a list from VPSS, Russia’s veterinary inspection service, only 15 Canadian pork and four beef processors can still ship to Russia because they don’tChina wants third-party verification that imports are free of the additive that promotes lean muscle growth
Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor, said Feb. 21 it will be able to supply pork that is free of the feed additive ractopamine in time to meet a March 1 deadline by China. China, the world’s largest pork consumer and the third-largest market for U.S. pork with sales of over $800 millionRussian watchdog says U.S., Canada violated import rules but little impact is expected on Canada
Reuters / Russia may impose a temporary ban on the import of some U.S. and Canadian beef and pork products as of Feb. 4, amid concerns that they may contain a drug used to make animal muscle more lean. Russia’s Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service said Jan. 23 that both countries were continuing to send
