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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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