In China, ractopamine-a growth drug commonly called "lean meat powder"-was completely banned in 2011.
In the United States? It's still 100% legal, widely used in industrial farming, and ends up in your bacon, your hot dogs, your lunch meat, your hospital meals, your kids' school lunches-basically anywhere pork is sold.
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