"A shot that boosts muscle growth may give producers another option to increase liveweight gains. Studies of clenbuterol, a drug which increases the efficiency of muscle growth, confirmed that it is possible to increase growth without increasing food intake in both males and females, whether animals are entire, castrated or spayed. Side-effects of clenbuterol make the drug unsuitable for use in animal production.
This project is supported by the Meat Research Corporation and the Tropical Beef Centre."
"Clenbuterol may have tainted meat
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1996.
MILWAUKEE--In the first of an expected series of indictments striking at the brain trust and bankroll of the crate-raised veal and milk-fed spring lamb industries, a federal grand jury empaneled in Milwaukee on December 6 charged the Vitek Supply Corporation, Vitek president Jannes Doppenberg, and Vitek office manager Sherry Steffen with 12 counts of conspiracy, smuggling unapproved drugs into the U.S., and illegally adding the drugs to feed mixtures sold to veal and lamb producers throughout the country.
A prepared statement from U.S. Attorney Thomas P. Schneider said, "It is alleged in the indictment that the unapproved drugs were shipped to feed companies and growers in Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. Over 1.7 million pounds of Vitek product containing unapproved drugs, valued at over $1.3 million dollars, were sold by Vitek between 1988 and April 1994."
Three drugs were involved, explained Schneider. Clenbuterol, a banned but still popular synthetic
steroid growth enhancer, has also been at the center of recent livestock show and horseracing scandals. "Clenbuterol has been associated with the acute poisoning of humans who consumed meat from clenbuterol-fed animals," Schneider said. In Spain, clenbuterol tainting of veal and calf's liver caused 135 people to be hospitalized in 1990, and another 140 people suffered dizziness, heart palpitations, breathing difficulty, shakes, and headaches from a similar incident in February 1994"
"The Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has received information that "Clenbuterol," a drug that has not been approved in the United States, may be illegally imported from Canada, or other countries, for use in show beef cattle and other show livestock. The drug is reported to have dramatic effects upon muscle development and as a repartitioning agent in altering the lean to fat ratio. Recently, in Spain, there have been reports of acute poisoning of humans from their consumption of liver from clenbuterol-treated animals."
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