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Taiwan to lift ban on U.S. beef
Story Date: 3/7/2012
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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 3/6/12
Taiwan officials said Tuesday the government plans to lift a ban on most U.S. beef containing ractopamine to pave the wayfor trade talks with Washington, according to media reports.
The plan will allow imports of ractopamine-treated beef.
The decision came after a top U.S. trade official canceled a visit to Taiwan while local health authorities were cracking down on U.S. beef containing the leanness-enhancing drug.
Last month, health officials pulled beef off store shelves for the second time in two months after finding ractopamine in U.S. beef ribs.
U.S. officials want Taiwan to loosen its policy on ractopamine in exchange for moving forward on the proposed Trade and Investment Framework Agreement.
The United States is among 26 countries that have declared ractopamine safe for human consumption.
“Countries that banned ractopamine were unable to document any legitimate food safety risk and used non-scientific reasons to justify their bans,” the American Institute in Taiwan said in a statement last week.
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