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- noun A
drug used as afeed additive to promoteleanness inpigs raised for theirmeat .
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In 2009, the European Food Safety Authority EFSA termed ractopamine a cardiac stimulator.
Martha Rosenberg: Arsenic, Antibiotics and Asthma Drugs in Your Turkey? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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In 2009, the European Food Safety Authority EFSA termed ractopamine a cardiac stimulator.
Martha Rosenberg: Arsenic, Antibiotics and Asthma Drugs in Your Turkey? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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In 2009, the European Food Safety Authority EFSA termed ractopamine a cardiac stimulator.
Martha Rosenberg: Arsenic, Antibiotics and Asthma Drugs in Your Turkey? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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So far, one of the biggest barriers to doing business in China has been the use of a feed additive called ractopamine in the U.S.
Pork Company Smithfield Lauren Etter 2008
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Canada permits the use of several classes of medications as feed additives for cattle, including beta-antagonists such as ractopamine hydrochloride, which is related to asthma medications used by human beings, and antibiotics such as chlortetracycline hydrochloride, which is related to tetracycline medications that have been commonly used to treat infections in human beings.
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"Get out, USA pork" and "We refuse to eat pork that contains poisonous ractopamine," they chanted for hours, according to Taiwan News.
Martha Rosenberg: Arsenic, Antibiotics and Asthma Drugs in Your Turkey? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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But, thanks to same probable lobbying that reversed the cephalosporin ban, the FDA approved ractopamine for cattle the following year and for use in turkeys in 2009!
Martha Rosenberg: Arsenic, Antibiotics and Asthma Drugs in Your Turkey? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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One is that its label reads: WARNING: The active ingredient in Topmax, ractopamine hydrochloride, is a beta-adrenergic agonist.
Martha Rosenberg: Arsenic, Antibiotics and Asthma Drugs in Your Turkey? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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The other reason is that ractopamine is not withdrawn at slaughter.
Martha Rosenberg: Arsenic, Antibiotics and Asthma Drugs in Your Turkey? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Turkey meat produced with ractopamine is not the same as normal meat by Elanco's own admission!
Martha Rosenberg: Arsenic, Antibiotics and Asthma Drugs in Your Turkey? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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