Open AccessAbout the Human Health Safety Estimation of Ractopamine Intake Together with the Food
Author(s) -
Г. Г. Онищенко,
А. Yu. Popova,
V A Tutelyan,
Н. В. Зайцева,
С А Хотимченко,
И В Гмошинский,
С А Шевелева,
Valerii N. Rakitskii,
П.З. Шур,
Andrey B. Lisitsyn,
D.А. Kiryanov
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskoj akademii medicinskih nauk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.122
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2414-3545
pISSN - 0869-6047
DOI - 10.15690/vramn.v68i6.666
Subject(s) - ractopamine , european commission , food safety , human health , food hygiene , food science , environmental health , business , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , zoology , european union , chemistry , biology , economic policy
The analysis of scientific data including American and European scientific communities concerning use of ractopamine as a growth factor in food animal production and the argumentation of the maximum permitted levels of ractopamine and levels of ractopamine in meat and byproducts (offal) is carried out. The position of the Russian side stated at the Codex Alimentarius commission 35th session that acceptable ractopamine daily intake is insufficiently validated and cannot be used for the determination of maximum permitted levels of ractopamine in meat and byproducts (offal) is confirmed. It is represented that residual ractopamine intake together with food on the levels which are recommended by the Codex Alimentarius commission and by taking into account the levels of animal products consumption in Russian Federation will lead to unacceptable human health risk level that will promote increasing heart diseases and life expectancy reduction. In this connection Russia states against of acceptance of maximum permitted levels of ractopamine in food.