Facts about U.S. Beef
Facts about U.S. Beef
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Mar. 23, 2012
Many other countries, including Canada, Mexico, Japan, and South Korea have also concluded that U.S. beef is safe. In each of these countries and many other export markets, U.S. beef is widely available and sold without any additional labeling or marketing restrictions.
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Mar. 22, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ractopamine for use with cattle in 2003. This decision was based on years of research and more than one hundred clinical studies that demonstrated that beef from cattle fed ractopamine is safe.
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Mar. 21, 2012
The United States ships beef and beef products to more than 100 export destinations. The top consumers of U.S. beef in 2011 were Canada ($1.0 billion - 191,051 MT), Mexico ($927 million - 218,552 MT), Japan ($874 million - 158,450 MT), South Korea ($683 million - 152,621 MT), Russia ($248 million - 68,484 MT), Egypt ($236 million - 147,883 MT), Hong Kong ($232 million - 49,144 MT), Taiwan ($200 million - 35,503 MT) and Vietnam ($192 million - 44,590 MT).
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Mar. 20, 2012
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the United States produces about 12 million metric tons of beef each year. In 2011, U.S. beef exports totaled 1.2 million metric tons or about 10 percent of production.
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Mar. 19, 2012 - Ractopamine as a feed ingredient
There have been extensive scientific studies that reviewed the use of ractopamine as a feed ingredient and considered its impact on human health in terms of toxicity, reproductive abnormalities, carcinogenicity and other factors. Scientific Studies »
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Mar. 1, 2012 - More Facts about U.S. Beef and Ractopamine
With high feed grain prices and increasing world demand for meat products, producers in the United States and other countries must use all available technologies to increase meat production while reducing production costs and... Complete Text »
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Feb. 21, 2012 - The Facts about U.S. Beef and Ractopamine
Ractopamine hydrochloride is a feed ingredient that helps increase the animals' ability to efficiently turn what they eat into lean muscle rather than fat... Complete Text »
