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Salmonella behind most meat outbreaks in China

By Joe Whitworth on November 28, 2022

Researchers have found that Salmonella caused the most outbreaks linked to meat products in China over a 15-year period.

From 2002 to 2017, China recorded 2,815 outbreaks caused by meat and meat products, resulting in…

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Hundreds sick in Mexico linked to Clenbuterol in meat

By News Desk on June 17, 2022

Hundreds of people in a Mexican municipality have fallen ill with the suspicion falling on meat contaminated with Clenbuterol.

Officials in Seyé, in the Mexican state of Yucatan, said the incident involves up to 500…

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Salmonella dominates events involving INFOSAN

By Joe Whitworth on October 24, 2020

Salmonella dominated hazards dealt with by a global food safety network in the third quarter of 2020.

The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in 37 events from July to September compared to…
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Suspected Clenbuterol poisonings in Mexico under investigation

By News Desk on August 25, 2020

Officials in a Mexican state have issued a warning after suspicions that more than 50 people fell sick from eating meat contaminated with Clenbuterol.

Health services in Morelos called on people to remain vigilant for…
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Hong Kong discovers drug residues in pigs from mainland China

By News Desk on August 11, 2016

An initial 40 pigs imported in shipments by Hong Kong from the mainland of China were slaughtered and distributed recently in local markets before preliminary urine tests discovered the pork contained residues of veterinary drugs…
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Severe Penalties in China Clenbuterol Pork Scandal

By Helena Bottemiller on July 29, 2011

A Chinese court doled out lengthy prison sentences this week, including a suspended death penalty, to five people involved in a clenbuterol-tainted pork scandal, the latest in a series of food safety scares in China.…

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Soccer Players Blame Beef for Drug Positives

By Helena Bottemiller on June 15, 2011

A leading soccer association in Latin America has suspended five players in Mexico for failing drug tests. The players insist they unknowingly consumed beef containing banned-drug clenbuterol.

The players were removed from the CONCACAF Gold…

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Amid Scandal, China Bans More Food Additives

By Helena Bottemiller on April 26, 2011

Just days after a string of headline-grabbing food safety scandals, China’s food safety authority is expanding the list of forbidden or abusable additives and chemicals. Now 151 materials, many of which are used for economic…

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Cycling's Contador Cleared for Illicit Cattle Drug

By News Desk on February 16, 2011

Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was cleared of doping charges Tuesday after the Spanish cycling federation decided he should not be banned for testing positive for clenbuterol.

A minute trace of the…

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A Performance Drug That Can Taint Feed, Athletes

By Claire Mitchell on February 14, 2011

Legally used in certain countries outside the United States as a prescription medical treatment for asthma in humans and airway obstruction in horses, clenbuterol, classified as a beta2-adrenergic agonist, is perhaps more commonly known for…
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