About Helena Bottemiller

Helena Bottemiller is a Washington, DC-based reporter covering food policy and politics for Food Safety News, where she has covered Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, and several high-profile food safety stories, including the half-billion Salmonella egg recall and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Helena has appeared on BBC World and been featured in USA Today.
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Ractopamine and Pigs: Looking at the Numbers

By on February 23, 2012

Due to a number of inquiries, we’ve decided to post the documents referred to in our January 25 report on msnbc.com “Dispute over drug in feed limiting US meat exports.”

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Dispute Over Drug in Feed Limiting US Meat Exports

By on January 25, 2012

Updated on March 23: The FDA on March 14 issued a statement in response to this report, saying it had reviewed its previously published adverse drug effect numbers on ractopamine. After excluding reports of ineffectiveness, meat abnormalities and fertility abnormalities, it said the number of animals with reports of adverse effects was 160,917. The story reflects [...]

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