You are what you eat
The following was posted on the Beef Central website
Russia has imposed bans or greater levels of product testing on up to five large Australian export beef processors, following the detection of trenbolone acetate, an ingredient in some hormonal growth promotants, in Australian beef exports.
The action has taken the Australian industry by surprise.
Russia’s Federal Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Oversight Service announced yesterday that TBA, a steroid widely used in beef production to increase muscle growth, had been found in a number of Australian beef samples.
“This new finding could have the most serious consequences for Australia. It gives reason to doubt the safety guarantees provided by this country’s veterinary service,” a statement from Russia’s food safety agency said.
A de-listing on imports of beef from one Australian exporter will be imposed, effective yesterday, due to the detection of TBA in beef liver, the agency said. Another four Australian companies in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia have also been placed under increased monitoring by Russian authorities, following the detection of TBA in test samples. It is unclear whether there is more than one plant involved for some of the companies associated with the action.
Russia plans to expand the range of its testing of imported products as a result. “But even that which has been found is sufficient to impose more serious restrictive measures,” Russia’s agency said yesterday.
“The situation could develop fairly quickly if we find new cases of TBA. Whole companies whose enterprises have already received a black mark could lose the right to ship to Russia,” it said.
The development has been monitored by Australian trade stakeholders as ‘a combination of Russian vigilance, but also another example of Russia’s desire to find any way it can to restrict trade.’
Check the claims about trenbolone acetate on the internet. One I noted was: Trenbolone–Acetate is one of the most powerful anabolic steroids of all time.
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