How banned substances injected into pork affect human health

Salbutamol is injected into pigs by farmers to increase their weight. It can cause poisoning in humans with symptoms of discomfort, headache, nausea, rapid and irregular heartbeat, and changes in blood pressure...

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On March 24, authorities in Binh Duong province caught a facility injecting sedatives into hundreds of pigs before slaughtering them to increase meat weight. Authorities have also repeatedly discoveredcohliveUse of lean meat chemicals in pig farming. KresultsheTesting showed that these chemicals belong to the Beta Agonist family,The most common is the active ingredient.salbutamol,classified as a toxic substance banned from use in livestock farming worldwide.The experts bothn reportlikeHeyeat porkSalbutamol residue for a long timeyestohiddenDto ngohDokdiseasemyoupicturehushlittleSalbutamol is an active ingredient used in the medical industry and has recently been proposed by the Ministry of Health to be included in the special control list.

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Studies have shown that salbutamol forms are more likely to affect uterine contractions, especially in the first 3 months of pregnancy. Therefore, there is a risk of threatened miscarriage. This substance has also been shown to be teratogenic in mice when injected subcutaneously at doses equivalent to 14 times the human aerosol dose.

In case of salbutamol overdose, it will lead to poisoning. Depending on the severity, some symptoms may appear such as discomfort, headache, dizziness, nausea, restlessness, tremors of the extremities, rapid heartbeat, arrhythmia, changes in blood pressure, convulsions, possibly hypokalemia...

Mr. Pham Duc Binh, Vice President of Vietnam Animal Feed Association, advises consumers to pay attention when buying pork to avoid negative health effects. He guides to identify pork raised with lean meat chemicals through the following characteristics:

- When alive, pigs walk heavily, they can't even stand.

- After slaughter, pork is red like beef, the fat layer is very thin, just under one centimeter. Normal pork is naturally pink, the fat layer is one centimeter or more thick.

- The connection between lean and fat is loose, often oozing yellow liquid, when boiled you can smell chemicals.

Sedative injection into pigs before slaughterhouse

According to VNE