Source: Jennifer Shike, AGWEB, 10/17/19

Tyson Foods, the largest American-owned pork processor, notified pig farmers on Wednesday that it will prohibit the use of ractopamine in market hogs the company buys beginning in February 2020. The decision was made to help fill the growing global need for pork.  Although ractopamine is an FDA-approved and safe feed ingredient that helps increase the amount of lean meat in hogs, some countries such as China prohibit the import of pork from hogs that have been fed the product.

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