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Monday, July 9, 2012
UN body approves standard for ractopamine use in livestock
July 9, 2012 UN body approves standard for ractopamine use in livestock An international standard for the employment of feed additive, ractopamine hydrochloride, has received approval by the Codex Alimentarius commission, a United Nations b ...
Monday, July 9, 2012
Taiwan opposition party demands that ractopamine ban be maintained
July 9, 2012 Taiwan opposition party demands that ractopamine ban be maintained The Taiwanese opposition is unconvinced by the Codex Alimentarius commission's implementation of an acceptable daily intake and maximum residue levels for pork ...
Friday, June 15, 2012
Taiwan to separate meat permits on re-entry of US ractopamine-fed beef
June 15, 2012 Taiwan to separate meat permits on re-entry of US ractopamine-fed beef   Taiwan is intending to separate permits for pork and beef imports, if US ractopamine-fed beef is allowed into the country. Separate permits are only a pa ...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Taiwan's agriculture council reveals pig farmers using ractopamine
March 21, 2012 Taiwan's agriculture council reveals pig farmers using ractopamine Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) has announced to the public the names of three pig raisers discovered to have used illegal feed additives, such as racto ...
Friday, March 16, 2012
Taiwan's local pork proves ractopamine-free
March 16, 2012 Taiwan's local pork proves ractopamine-free During recent nationwide tests by health officials, no traces of banned drugs used to promote leanness in animals were found in locally produced pork, Premier Sean Chen confirmed We ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Taiwan to maintain ban on pork with ractopamine
March 13, 2012 Taiwan to maintain ban on pork with ractopamine Taiwan vowed not to permit pork imports with ractopamine, as Premier Sean Chen said there was no room for compromise on the pork issue for the sake of public health and the inte ...
Friday, March 9, 2012
Taiwan to set ractopamine's maximum residue limit in beef
Early this week, the government of Taiwan signalled that it is willing to set an allowed maximum residue limit (MRL) for ractopamine in beef, to open its market to US beef exports and meet part of a long-standing Obama administration demand ...
Monday, March 5, 2012
Taiwan recalls US beef with ractopamine
March 5, 2012 Taiwan recalls US beef with ractopamine   Last July, a meat buyer from Taichung has imported US beef that has tested positive for ractopamine residues, with some 300 kilogrammes of the 20,000-kg cargo recovered so far, a healt ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Beef sellers to Taiwan risk losing license over ractopamine issue
February 22, 2012 Beef sellers to Taiwan risk losing license over ractopamine issue Importers found selling beef that has traces of ractopamine, a livestock feed additive that is banned in Taiwan, may have their import permits cancelled, Pr ...
Friday, February 10, 2012
Taiwan may ease ractopamine standards for US meat
February 10, 2012 Taiwan may ease ractopamine standards for US meat Under pressure from Washington, Taiwan might lift a ban on US beef containing ractopamine while allowing imports of pork containing residue of such substances, an adoption ...
Friday, December 30, 2011
China prohibits production and sale of ractopamine
December 30, 2011 China prohibits production and sale of ractopamine China has issued a ban on the production and sale of ractopamine, a controversial feed additive used to promote lean meat growth in food animals, announced the Ministry of ...
Monday, July 11, 2011
Taiwan's ractopamine ban remains in place
July 11, 2011 Taiwan's ractopamine ban remains in place The Taiwanese government will not lift the ban on feed additives such as ractopamine, an official from the Department of Health's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday (Jul ...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Taiwan-US trade talks suspended over ractopamine dispute
March 10, 2011 Taiwan-US trade talks suspended over ractopamine dispute   The US postponed the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks with Taiwan, which is due to resume in early January, after a resolution over ractopamine l ...
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Taiwan finds forbidden ractopamine on US beef exports
February 10, 2011 Taiwan finds forbidden ractopamine on US beef exports US beef exporters are eagerly seeking basic information from Taiwan on how it will handle beef imports from the US in the wake of a finding that certain beef contained ...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Taiwanese pig farmers oppose US proposal to ease ractopamine ban
January 26, 2011 Taiwanese pig farmers oppose US proposal to ease ractopamine ban US' call for Taiwan to ease its strict regulations of zero levels of ractopamine, a feed additive that promotes leanness in meat, has been strongly opposed by ...

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