US beef meeting: revised 500 kg lean meat carefully reached consensus

The US beef storm continues to burn! From the central government to local governments, the issue of American beef continues. The Executive Yuan's 3rd Technical Advisory Meeting on American Beef was held on the afternoon of the 3rd. Civil groups bombarded the Council of Agriculture with criticism, demanding that it delete all the written conclusions from the previous meeting regarding "there is a risk of heart palpitations only if you eat 500 kilograms of meat at one time." Finally, Council of Agriculture Chairman Chen Baoji decided to revise the consensus statement of the previous meeting.

The US beef storm continues to burn! From the central government to local governments, the issue of American beef continues.

The storm over American beef continues to intensify. Under the leadership of the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, experts recommended by non-governmental groups such as the Housewives' Union and the Consumers' Foundation were invited to attend the meeting for the first time. At the same time, live broadcast was opened for the first time, allowing media and non-governmental groups to watch simultaneously. Xu Limin, the attending physician of the Department of Traumatology at the National Taiwan University Hospital, who was recommended by the Housewives' Union, first criticized the Executive Yuan and strongly questioned the conclusions of the previous meeting. He opposed the conclusions of the meeting that "the no observed effect level (NOEL) of ractopamine is 5 mg" and "you will only have palpitations if you eat 500 kilograms of meat containing 10 ppb ractopamine at a time."

Xu Limin, who came prepared, criticized that the 1994 American study cited in this conclusion had only six participants, and one of them dropped out midway. Who on earth ate it? What experimental method is used? What is the testing method? I have no idea how it can be written in the minutes and conclusions of the Council of Agriculture's meeting. It is officially endorsed by the US and should be deleted in its entirety.

In addition, Dean of the National Taiwan University College of Veterinary Medicine Zhou Jincheng, Professor of the National Taiwan University College of Veterinary Medicine Zhan Dongrong, and Director of the Toxicology Department of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Lin Jieliang also expressed their opinions. The experts and scholars at the meeting spent a full hour and a half arguing endlessly.

Finally, Chen Baoji, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, who also serves as chairman, decided to revise the consensus statement of the previous meeting, namely, no research has been found on the human body after the consumption of meat containing ractopamine, especially no large-scale research or investigation has been found to prove that it is safe, nor has any research been found to confirm side effects.

In addition, will pigs show aggressive behavior if they consume lean meat containing ractopamine? Chen Baoji also said for the first time that pigs that consume clenbuterol may exhibit stress and aggressive behavior.