About 160 nations ban or restrict the use of this drug during pig production, including all countries in the European Union, Russia and China... The European Food Safety Authority investigated Ractopamine in 2009, concluding there was not enough data to show that it is safe for human consumption at any level... Ractopamine belongs to a class of drugs, beta-agonists, that were developed to treat asthma... The FDA required drug manufacturers to add this warning label: "Ractopamine may increase the number of injured and/or fatigued pigs during marketing. Not for use in breeding swine.".. (1) Info: http://news.yahoo.com/banned-160-nations-why-ractopamine-u-pork-op-18262...
Ractopamine aids inenlarging swine faster.
Drugs should not be used in the production of food sources for humans.