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FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
November 28, 2023. By Scott C. Tips. After having waged a many-years-long battle around the Globe against the toxic vet drug zilpaterol hydrochloride at both the Codex Alimentarius Commission and committee levels (2016, 2018, 2021, 2022), the National Health Federation (NHF) finally reached the end of the road today when over NHF’s and many Codex member states’ objections, the Commission voted 88-49, with 11 abstentions, in favor of adopting the toxic-drug standard. It took all of Tuesday afternoon, at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, to reach a conclusion.

Remember that zilpaterol is Merck’s special steroid-like veterinary drug for cattle, pigs, and poultry, which unnaturally pushes them to make more muscle and less fat.