Source: Dan Nosowitz, MODERN FARMER, 10/24/19


This week, Tyson Fresh Meats (a subsidiary of Tyson Foods) announced that the company will no longer use a certain feed additive in raising its hogs. That additive, ractopamine, is fully approved for use in the United States, where Tyson is based. It’s a useful product, which speeds up weight gain and increases muscle size in hogs. But Tyson is joining other companies in leaving it behind not because the United States government says they must—but because another government did.

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