U.S. Foods Widely Banned from Other Countries
Posted By Dr. Mercola | May 10 2012
If you're wondering how safe your food is in the U.S., and whether state and federal regulations truly protect what you eat, you might want to take a look outside the U.S. to see what other countries think of our foods before you make that next trip to the grocery store. What you'll find is that more and more U.S. foods are being banned from other countries. Most recently, Indonesia became the first country to ban imports of U.S. beef.
Taiwan had already begun refusing various U.S. meat products, including pork and beef, because they contain a growth-promoting drug, ractopamine, which is banned in 160 countries. The drug comes with a warning "not for use in humans," and it's handled like hazardous waste, yet it's permitted for use in food in America. Other countries all over the world, from the European Union to Saudi Arabia to South America, have also banned foods or food ingredients that typically are allowed in America, such as genetically engineered seeds and plants. Exposure to genetically modified foods and companion pesticides has been linked to a number of health risks including infertility, neurological disorders, birth defects and cancer.
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