Russia Bans Brazil's Pork and Beef on Growth Stimulant Worry
- Government says tests found prohibited muscle growth stimulant
- Brazilian lobby says additive isn’t used for exported meat
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Russia banned pork from Brazil at a time that imports from the Latin American country, the biggest foreign supplier of the meat, have been rising and as the Kremlin has sought to encourage its own farm industry.
The government barred Brazilian pork and beef imports from Dec. 1, saying testing had found the muscle growth stimulant ractopamine, which is prohibited in Russia. A Brazilian lobby for the industry said the feed additive isn’t used in production of the exported meat, which adheres to Russian rules.