Ractopamine.

---
identifier: "/us/fr/2012-5838"
source: "fr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Ractopamine."
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2012-5838"
section_name: "Ractopamine."
positive_law: false
currency: "2012-03-09"
last_updated: "2012-03-09"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
document_number: "2012-5838"
document_type: "rule"
publication_date: "2012-03-09"
agencies:
  - "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
  - "Food and Drug Administration"
cfr_references:
  - "21 CFR Part 558"
---


#  Ractopamine.

**CFR Correction**

In Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 500 to 599, revised as of April 1, 2011, on page 490, in § 558.500, (e)(1)(i) is reinstated to read as follows;

**21 CFR Part 558**

§ 558.500

(e) * * *

(1) * * *

| Ractopamine in grams/ton | Combination in grams/ton | Indications for use | Limitations | Sponsor |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| (i) 4.5 to 9 |  | For increased rate of weight gain, improved feed efficiency, and increased carcass leanness in finishing swine, weighing not less than 150 lbs, fed a complete ration containing at least 16% crude protein for the last 45 to 90 lbs of gain prior to slaughter | Feed continuously as sole ration | 000986 |