December 5, China banned the production and sales of "Clenbuterol" ractopamine

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine jointly issued an announcement announcing that domestic production and sales of ractopamine have been banned since December 5.

It is reported that ractopamine is a relatively common "Clenbuterol", similar drugs and clenbuterol hydrochloride and so on. "Clenbuterol" can increase the growth rate of muscle tissue. The unscrupulous people add "lean meat essence" to the feed, which can increase the lean meat of animals and reduce the use of feed, so that meat products can be brought up in the morning to reduce costs. In 2002, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health and other departments issued the Catalogue of Drugs Prohibited to be Used in Feed and Animal Drinking Water. Seven kinds of “Clenbuterol” such as ractopamine and clenbuterol hydrochloride were listed as banned drugs; 2009 In the year, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notice announcing that the import and export of ractopamine were prohibited from December 9 of that year.