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JBS says China blocks beef from US plant over detection of ractopamine

By P.J. Huffstutter and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -Meat processor JBS said on Wednesday that Beijing blocked U.S. beef shipments from the company’s plant in Greeley, Colorado, because traces of the feed additive ractopamine were identified in beef destined for China. Brazil-based JBS, the world’s largest beef producer, said in a statement it is working […]