Talk:Ractopamine

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[edit] Chemical structure

Can we add the chemical structure diagram? Badagnani 00:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Ed (Edgar181) 12:54, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese page

The Chinese page actually has some good information about specific countries and their thresholds. If anyone can translate some of it, please do. If not, I will try to get at some of it next week. ludahai 魯大海 13:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] EU ban on ractopamine?

The first footnote following the statement, "But it has not been approved in EU until now" is inappropriate at best and fraudulent at worst; the footnoted source is the corporate website for this product (Paylean) and others, and says nothing concerning this statement. It might be noted too that Elanco is part of Eli Lily. Until a source is provided showing that the EU has in fact lifted its ban on ractopamine, the statement and its footnote should be deleted. (I also discern a tone of corporate ad-copy in this entry.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.105.94.182 (talk) 14:43, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

What substitute wording would you propose? Badagnani 15:14, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it's a question of "substitute wording"; rather, I would propose finding a source showing the EU ban has in fact been lifted. Or perhaps one could add a footnote to source recent news reports stating that ractopamine is banned in some 160 countries. Written in this manner, the reader would then have a much more enlightening context in which to understand the comparatively much smaller number (20) that have allowed ractopamine (due to some stiff industry arm-twisting, according to recent news reports).