Banned additive found in 19 pigs
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March 18, 2011, Friday
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NINETEEN pigs in Henan Province have tested positive to having a banned additive in their urine, the Jiyuan government said yesterday.
Out of 689 pigs awaiting slaughter and processing by Jiyuan Shuanghui Food Co Ltd, 19 tested positive to having clenbuterol, an illegal additive poisonous to humans, according to a Jiyuan City government statement.
The government is also investigating more than 1,300 pig farms and 130 feed and vet drug stores, the statement said. No results have been disclosed yet.
Fourteen people - seven pig farm managers, six brokers and one purchaser for Jiyuan Shuanghui - were in police custody, according to the provincial government.
At least six officials and workers at local animal quarantine stations have been fired or suspended, it said.
All suspect meat products have been taken off shelves, and all feedstuff and meat confirmed to contain the additive have been destroyed.
Tests would be further performed throughout the province, said Li Mengshun, chief of the provincial animal husbandry bureau.
In Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, the city government yesterday suspended operations of Xingwang Slaughter House after pigs believed to be from Henan tested positive for clenbuterol.
Authorities also tested pigs in 35 other slaughter houses and 38 pig farms in Nanjing but the results were negative.
The tests came after media reports alleged Jiyuan Shuanghui Food Co Ltd purchased pig fed containing clenbuterol.
Clenbuterol is a chemical that can be fed to pigs to prevent them accumulating fat. It is banned as an additive in pig feed here because it can end up in pig flesh and can be toxic if ingested by humans.
Clenbuterol is also used to treat respiratory diseases and has been used illegally by athletes as a performance enhancing drug.
According to biologists, humans can suffer from nausea, headaches, limb tremors and even cancer after eating food containing clenbuterol.
Jiyuan Shuanghui is under Shuanghui Group, China's largest meat processor with total assets of more than 10 billion yuan (US$1.52 billion).
The Henan-based group has factories in 12 provinces throughout China.
Out of 689 pigs awaiting slaughter and processing by Jiyuan Shuanghui Food Co Ltd, 19 tested positive to having clenbuterol, an illegal additive poisonous to humans, according to a Jiyuan City government statement.
The government is also investigating more than 1,300 pig farms and 130 feed and vet drug stores, the statement said. No results have been disclosed yet.
Fourteen people - seven pig farm managers, six brokers and one purchaser for Jiyuan Shuanghui - were in police custody, according to the provincial government.
At least six officials and workers at local animal quarantine stations have been fired or suspended, it said.
All suspect meat products have been taken off shelves, and all feedstuff and meat confirmed to contain the additive have been destroyed.
Tests would be further performed throughout the province, said Li Mengshun, chief of the provincial animal husbandry bureau.
In Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, the city government yesterday suspended operations of Xingwang Slaughter House after pigs believed to be from Henan tested positive for clenbuterol.
Authorities also tested pigs in 35 other slaughter houses and 38 pig farms in Nanjing but the results were negative.
The tests came after media reports alleged Jiyuan Shuanghui Food Co Ltd purchased pig fed containing clenbuterol.
Clenbuterol is a chemical that can be fed to pigs to prevent them accumulating fat. It is banned as an additive in pig feed here because it can end up in pig flesh and can be toxic if ingested by humans.
Clenbuterol is also used to treat respiratory diseases and has been used illegally by athletes as a performance enhancing drug.
According to biologists, humans can suffer from nausea, headaches, limb tremors and even cancer after eating food containing clenbuterol.
Jiyuan Shuanghui is under Shuanghui Group, China's largest meat processor with total assets of more than 10 billion yuan (US$1.52 billion).
The Henan-based group has factories in 12 provinces throughout China.
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