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US Calls for Taiwan to Set Limit for Ractopamine in Pork
2014-03-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US & TAIWAN - The United States has continued to urge Taiwan to establish a maximum residue level (MRL) for the beta-agonist, ractopamine, in pork.
Ractopamine Talks Leave US and Russia in Stalemate
2013-08-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA & US - Russia and the US will hold further discussions in a bid to open up the Russian market to American meat as well as poultry products that have been closed because of concerns over the use of the beta-agonist Ractopamine.
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Smithfield Removes 50% Hogs off Ractopamine
2013-05-15 17:28:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Smithfield Foods Speaking at the BMO Capital Markets 2013 Farm to Market Conference Tuesday, Smithfield Foods CEO and President C. Larry Pope confirmed the company’s intent to take half its hogs off the feed additive ractopamine. “We have two of our plants, which represent 43,000 hogs a day, a little over 10% of the industry, that we can ship into China and are shipping into China every day. On June 1, we will convert our third plant, and over 50% of our operations will have no ractopamine as part of their feed rations,” Pope says. read more
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Ractopamine Restrictions Cause Pork Export Slump
2013-05-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - "Choose about any negative word you want – awful, dismal, disastrous, whatever – they can be used to describe the state of pork exports in March. Only Canada and the markets labeled "other" were higher this March year than last, +7.4 per cent and 16.2 per cent, respectively. All others were lower. Some a lot lower!" writes Steve Meyer in his Market Preview published in National Hog Farmer magazine.
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Ractopamine Restrictions Blamed for Pork Export Slump
2013-05-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - "Choose about any negative word you want – awful, dismal, disastrous, whatever – they can be used to describe the state of pork exports in March. Only Canada and the markets labelled "Other" were higher this March year than last - 7.4 per cent and 16.2 per cent, respectively. All others were lower - some a lot lower!" writes Steve Meyer in his Market Preview published in National Hog Farmer magazine.
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