Late diagnosis of an outbreak of leanness-enhancing agent–related food poisoning

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 31; no. 10; pp. 1501 - 1503
• Main Authors: Wu, Ming-Ling, Deng, Jou-Fang, Chen, Yi, Chu, Wei-Lan, Hung, Dong-Zong, Yang, Chen-Chang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2013; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adrenergic beta-Agonists - poisoning; Adult; Albuterol - poisoning; Albuterol - urine; Animals; Bans; Barium; Blood pressure; Cardiac arrhythmia; Chickens; Child; Clenbuterol; Clenbuterol - poisoning; Clenbuterol - urine; Delayed Diagnosis; Disease Outbreaks; Drug therapy; Emergency; Emergency medical care; Emergency Service, Hospital; FDA approval; Female; Food; Food contamination; Food contamination & poisoning; Foodborne Diseases - diagnosis; Foodborne Diseases - etiology; Foodborne Diseases - urine; Growth Substances - poisoning; Headaches; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Liquid chromatography; Male; Mass spectrometry; Meat; Meat - adverse effects; Outbreaks; Poisoning; Poisons; Potassium; Taiwan - epidemiology; Veterinary medicine; Young Adult; Taiwan; China

Ractopamine is a leanness-enhancing agent approved in the United States and 26 other countries to reduce body fat content, increase muscle mass, and improve growth rate of certain food-producing animals. Other β-agonists with stronger pharmacologic effects, especially clenbuterol, had been illegally...