Hi leilani!
I thought I’d read that clenbuterol had been banned as a supplement for meat animals in the US and Europe. And something about episodes in Europe & China where numerous people took very ill.
And these’s this - http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/background/clenbute.htm
At least in Contador’s case they waited until well after the ‘B’ was tested to announce the results.
"The organiser of the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon came to the Tour and our cook asked if he could bring some good meat.
"This person bought this meat in a shop (in Spain) on the way to France. I don't know where the shop gets their meat supply from.
"He arrived that day and on the afternoon of the 20th (July), a day before our rest day, the meat was cooked."
Contador said he was not the only rider to eat the meat, but that he was the only one of those who had who was tested on July 21.
"(Alexander Vinokourov) went to the (doping) control with me, but he hadn't eaten the meat," said Contador, who will ride for Team Saxo Bank next season after deciding to leave Astana.
"Of all the other riders, none went through the control.
"I told all of this to UCI.
"The UCI understands perfectly what has happened. This is a different case because it's a clear case of contamination, incomparable to any other clenbuterol case.
"It's such a minimal amount that it is only possible to come from a food contamination. And in terms of performance it would not be any use at all - any expert can confirm this."
Where did you get the info that it was banned for livestock in the EU, R4F? Not doubting, I just want to confirm.