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In October 2006, ractopamine was banned in Taiwan along with other beta-adrenergic agonists. [6] In August 2007, the Department of Health announced that it was setting a limit on the level of residual ractopamine in meat products, effectively replacing the ban.
Ractopamine is a feed additive used to boost animal weights. Its use has been banned or restricted in at least 160 countries, including the European Union, Russia and China.
Ractopamine has been banned in Taiwan since 2006. [49] In the summer of 2007, two US shipments including ractopamine-laced pork were rejected by Taiwan's health authorities, while the Taiwan government had been considering lifting the ban on such imports. [ 50 ]
In 2003 estradiol-17β was permanently banned, while provisionally banning five others. [2] World Trade Organization (WTO) rules permit such bans, but only where a signatory presents valid scientific evidence that the ban is a health and safety measure. Canada and the United States opposed this ban, taking the EU to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.
1. Ritz Crackers. Wouldn't ya know, a cracker that's all the rage in America is considered an outrage abroad. Ritz crackers are outlawed in several other countries, including the United Kingdom ...
Texas will open a state office in Taiwan to enhance trade and cultural relations, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Sunday during an economic development trip to Asia.
Or perhaps one could add a footnote to source recent news reports stating that ractopamine is banned in some 160 countries. Written in this manner, the reader would then have a much more enlightening context in which to understand the comparatively much smaller number (20) that have allowed ractopamine (due to some stiff industry arm-twisting ...
China banned the export of dual-use products to over two dozen US defence contractors, targeting top players like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, as it objected to Washington’s latest arms sales ...