Wednesday 30 October 2013

Cargill bans Zilmax from beef supply until issues resolved

Greg Page, Chairman and CEO, of Cargill arrives to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama and other CEOs at the White House in Washington said on Wednesday that it will not buy cattle fed Merck & Co Inc's controversial cattle-feed additive, Zilmax, and will not feed it to its own cattle, until it is "100 percent confident" the animal welfare issues are resolved. "Cargill will not use it until we are 100 percent confident the animal welfare issues are resolved, plus we will also not use it until Asia and other trading partners accept it in their markets," the company said in an emailed statement to Reuters. Cargill also said it would not use Zilmax in its "beef cattle supply chain" until both issues were resolved.




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