date:Dec 13, 2012
The U.S. government isn't pleased with a new requirement that Russia has imposed on beef and pork bound for that country.
Russia is imposing a requirement that such beef be free of the feed additive ractopamine, which is used to promote leanness in cattle and pigs.
Joe Schuele, a spokesman for the U.S. Meat Export Federation, told The Wall Street Journal that Russia's requirement would effectively ban imports of American products because the U.S. Department of Agriculture doesn't have a testin