Ractopamine at the Center of Decades-Long Scientific and Legal Disputes: A Lesson on Benefits, Safety Issues, and Conflicts

Ractopamine (RAC) is a synthetic phenethanolamine, β–adrenergic agonist used as a feed additive to develop leanness and increase feed conversion efficiency in different farm animals. While RAC has been authorized as a feed additive for pigs and cattle in a limited number of countries, a great majori...

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Main Authors: Abbas, Kumail, Raza, Aqeel, Vasquez, Ross D, Roldan, Marri Jmelou M, Malhotra, Nemi, Huang, Jong-Chin, Buenafe, Olivia Erin M, Chen, Kelvin H. -C, Liang, Shin-Shin, Hsiao, Chung-Der
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.chemistry-faculty-pubs-11902023-02-21T05:48:25Z Ractopamine at the Center of Decades-Long Scientific and Legal Disputes: A Lesson on Benefits, Safety Issues, and Conflicts Abbas, Kumail Raza, Aqeel Vasquez, Ross D Roldan, Marri Jmelou M Malhotra, Nemi Huang, Jong-Chin Buenafe, Olivia Erin M Chen, Kelvin H. -C Liang, Shin-Shin Hsiao, Chung-Der Ractopamine (RAC) is a synthetic phenethanolamine, β–adrenergic agonist used as a feed additive to develop leanness and increase feed conversion efficiency in different farm animals. While RAC has been authorized as a feed additive for pigs and cattle in a limited number of countries, a great majority of jurisdictions, including the European Union (EU), China, Russia, and Taiwan, have banned its use on safety grounds. RAC has been under long scientific and political discussion as a controversial antibiotic as a feed additive. Here, we will present significant information on RAC regarding its application, detection methods, conflicts, and legal divisions that play a major role in controversial deadlock and why this issue warrants the attention of scientists, agriculturists, environmentalists, and health advocates. In this review, we highlight the potential toxicities of RAC on aquatic animals to emphasize scientific evidence and reports on the potentially harmful effects of RAC on the aquatic environment and human health. 2022-09-21T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/chemistry-faculty-pubs/190 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1190&context=chemistry-faculty-pubs Chemistry Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo ractopamine feed additive toxicity aquatic animals Agriculture Animal Sciences Aquaculture and Fisheries Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Life Sciences
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topic ractopamine
feed additive
toxicity
aquatic animals
Agriculture
Animal Sciences
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
Life Sciences
spellingShingle ractopamine
feed additive
toxicity
aquatic animals
Agriculture
Animal Sciences
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
Life Sciences
Abbas, Kumail
Raza, Aqeel
Vasquez, Ross D
Roldan, Marri Jmelou M
Malhotra, Nemi
Huang, Jong-Chin
Buenafe, Olivia Erin M
Chen, Kelvin H. -C
Liang, Shin-Shin
Hsiao, Chung-Der
Ractopamine at the Center of Decades-Long Scientific and Legal Disputes: A Lesson on Benefits, Safety Issues, and Conflicts
description Ractopamine (RAC) is a synthetic phenethanolamine, β–adrenergic agonist used as a feed additive to develop leanness and increase feed conversion efficiency in different farm animals. While RAC has been authorized as a feed additive for pigs and cattle in a limited number of countries, a great majority of jurisdictions, including the European Union (EU), China, Russia, and Taiwan, have banned its use on safety grounds. RAC has been under long scientific and political discussion as a controversial antibiotic as a feed additive. Here, we will present significant information on RAC regarding its application, detection methods, conflicts, and legal divisions that play a major role in controversial deadlock and why this issue warrants the attention of scientists, agriculturists, environmentalists, and health advocates. In this review, we highlight the potential toxicities of RAC on aquatic animals to emphasize scientific evidence and reports on the potentially harmful effects of RAC on the aquatic environment and human health.
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author Abbas, Kumail
Raza, Aqeel
Vasquez, Ross D
Roldan, Marri Jmelou M
Malhotra, Nemi
Huang, Jong-Chin
Buenafe, Olivia Erin M
Chen, Kelvin H. -C
Liang, Shin-Shin
Hsiao, Chung-Der
author_facet Abbas, Kumail
Raza, Aqeel
Vasquez, Ross D
Roldan, Marri Jmelou M
Malhotra, Nemi
Huang, Jong-Chin
Buenafe, Olivia Erin M
Chen, Kelvin H. -C
Liang, Shin-Shin
Hsiao, Chung-Der
author_sort Abbas, Kumail
title Ractopamine at the Center of Decades-Long Scientific and Legal Disputes: A Lesson on Benefits, Safety Issues, and Conflicts
title_short Ractopamine at the Center of Decades-Long Scientific and Legal Disputes: A Lesson on Benefits, Safety Issues, and Conflicts
title_full Ractopamine at the Center of Decades-Long Scientific and Legal Disputes: A Lesson on Benefits, Safety Issues, and Conflicts
title_fullStr Ractopamine at the Center of Decades-Long Scientific and Legal Disputes: A Lesson on Benefits, Safety Issues, and Conflicts
title_full_unstemmed Ractopamine at the Center of Decades-Long Scientific and Legal Disputes: A Lesson on Benefits, Safety Issues, and Conflicts
title_sort ractopamine at the center of decades-long scientific and legal disputes: a lesson on benefits, safety issues, and conflicts
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2022
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/chemistry-faculty-pubs/190
https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1190&context=chemistry-faculty-pubs
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