Beijing to redouble efforts to stamp out use of illegal pork additive

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Beijing to redouble efforts to stamp out use of illegal pork additive

Beijing. May 6. INTERFAX-CHINA - Beijing will ramp up efforts to halt the use of banned substance clenbuterol in the capital's pork industry, a local government official said May 4.

Abattoirs that distribute clenbuterol-tainted pork face fines of up to RMB 100,000 ($15,385), said Liu Yaqing, deputy head of the municipal agriculture bureau, at the Illegal Additives Work Conference in Beijing.

Pig farmers feeding livestock with clenbuterol will also face fines up to RMB 50,000 ($7,692), Liu added.

No cases of clenbuterol-tainted pork have been reported in Beijing, Liu said.

In March, a number of pork processors in China were found to be selling pork tainted with clenbuterol, a substance that produces leaner meat but can be harmful to humans.

-LYB