NPPC President Elect Randy Spronk says his group stands by Codex’s World Health standards that show ractopamine is safe for human and animal consumption.
Center for Food Safety and Animal Legal Defense Fund claim that Codex rules are based on unreliable and weak data.
Spronk says NPPC will defend both Codex and ractopamine use before FDA and federal lawmakers.
The petition follows a trade dispute last month where Russia announced new rules requiring that U.S. pork and beef exports be certified ractopamine-free.
