China will step up inspections to enforce its ban on meat imports from Taiwan, after the self-ruled island’s decision to allow imports of US pork containing ractopamine took effect, a mainland ...

BEIJING - China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced Friday that the country has banned the production and sale of ractopamine, a controversial feed additive used to promote ...

Meat from animals fed ractopamine is safe for human consumption when done according to manufacturer recommendations. Ractopamine is a feed additive for pigs and beef cattle that has gotten ...

TAIPEI -- Consumers in Taiwan have offered their signatures to a petition against importing pork and beef containing ractopamine, with 196,830 signatures secured as of Tuesday, according to the ...

The four "referendums" include one about banning the import of pork containing ractopamine, an additive banned on the island. This is the only issue among the four that is related to the island's ...

Tsai caught the public off guard by announcing in August the lifting of a ban – effective from last month – on importing US pork containing ractopamine and beef from cattle over 30 months old.

The Taiwan Swine Association expressed strong opposition to imports of US pork containing traces of the leanness-enhancing agent ractopamine, saying that it would not change its position unless ...

RACTOPAMINE-FREE CERTIFICATION MAY HELP BEEF EXPORTS: USDA’s new program that would certify meat that has not been fed ractopamine could open up the Russian market to American pork and meat ...

Taiwan began allowing pork imports containing ractopamine, a controversial feed additive banned in much of the world but used in the U.S., on January 1, months after President Tsai Ing-wen ...

Ractopamine was first developed as a treatment for asthma but was never approved according to Consumer Reports. Research later uncovered that when added to animal feed prior to slaughter ...

In the coming months, a few shoppers will encounter a new and unfamiliar phrase when looking at packages of pork: "Produced without the use of ractopamine." It's the brainchild of David Maren ...