Cabinet spokesman walks back erroneous ractopamine comments

Executive Yuan spokesman Ting Yi-ming (丁怡銘) apologized on Thursday after he mistakenly claimed that an award-winning beef noodle soup restaurant serves meat that contains ractopamine, in an attempt to show that the feed additive does not pose a health risk.

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