Animal rights groups sue FDA over failure to respond to petitions on ractopamine use in livestock
The Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, and Food Animal Concerns Trust filed a lawsuit this week demanding the US FDA provide a response to a 2012 rulemaking petition urging restrictions in the use of ractopa...
Ractopamin hasn't been used in USA pork production since around 2015. Packers test for it and refuse to buy pigs that have had it. Farmers must sign a paper saying they do not have any on the farm.
I sure hope it's true. I don't eat pork but I do buy them for my dogs.