Banned additive found in US beef
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Taiwan detected cattle feed additive zilpaterol in US beef, the third such incident in less than a month in Asia, heightening concerns across the region over banned animal growth drugs.
Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration said yesterday it found the beef tainted with the growth enhancer in a restaurant owned by Wowprime Corp, prompting authorities to increase checks on US meat imports. An official at Wowprime said it had destroyed all of the 203kg of tainted US beef.
There is zero tolerance for feed additives such as zilpaterol in much of Asia and Europe due to concerns about the side effects of such drugs, which are used to add muscle weight to animals.
Feed additives have been the focus of attention since a video appeared in the United States in August showing animals struggling to walk and with other signs of distress after taking a growth drug.
South Korea suspended some US beef imports after detecting zilpaterol in meat supplied by a unit of JBS USA earlier this month and authorities in Taiwan found US meat with the same drug.
The detection of the additive has raised concerns that it may still be in the supply chain despite drugmaker Merck & Co. halting sales of Zilmax, the top-selling zilpaterol-based additive, on August 16.
Zilpaterol is a beta-agonist, a kind of feed additive that can add as much as 30 pounds of saleable meat to an animal in the weeks before slaughter.
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