News / China shuns meat from two US locations after banned feed additive found

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A ban on US meat exports out of two locations has disrupted shipments to China and forced US exporters to find alternative routings.

And the case has some observers wondering about political undertones.

On 27 May, Chinese authorities imposed a ban on US meat exports shipped through Cool Port Oakland, a temperature-controlled facility close to the Californian port of Oakland. Inspections of a beef shipment sent from the building found traces of ractopamine, a feed additive banned in more than 150 countries.

Although ...