Ractopamine and Yersinia in U.S. Pork
Earlier this year, China rejected 200,000 pounds of pork from the United States after discovering...
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
Earlier this year, China rejected 200,000 pounds of pork from the United States after discovering residues in the meat of an adrenaline-like drug called ractopamine, which is fed to U.S. pigs (Paylean™) and turkeys (Topmax™) as a growth promoter to...
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Supreme Court Case: Meat Industry Sues to Keep Downed Animals in Food Supply
This week I participated in a press briefing to discuss National Meat Association v. Harris,...
Contagion: Bad Timing for CDC Report of New Swine Flu Strain
A week before the premiere of Contagion, a star-studded thriller about (spoiler alert!) a pork-borne...
