EU REJECTS CODEX STANDARD OF GROWTH SUBSTANCE
July 1st, 2012
BY KITTY SO
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is opposing a decision to create an international limit on the use of ractopamine, a fattening agent for pigs and cattle, arguing the substance should not be used at all because of potential health risks to humans.
Responding to a vote at the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the world's global food standards body, a European Commission communiqué said it would continue to ban ractopamine in all 27 EU member states, in domestic meat production and in imports: "[The] EU bans imports of meat from certain countries because ...
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