date:Dec 18, 2012
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The standard, which had been stuck at Codex for years, was adopted by a 69-67 vote in an extremely contentious meeting that pitted the European Union, China and Russia (which all ban ractopamine) against the U.S., Canada and Brazil (which all use ractopamine).
Russia agrees with the position the EU has taken on ractopamine. The European Food Safety Authority has determined the science backing ractopamine is insufficient to determine what amount, if any, of the drug is safe for human cons