It’s banned in China. In Russia. In the entire European Union. But in the US, animals on factory farms are regularly dosed with ractopamine—a drug so harsh 160 countries have outlawed it.

Ractopamine is a growth-promoting drug routinely added to the food of cows, pigs, and turkeys on US factory farms. Why? Because it helps Big Meat companies force animals to grow faster and bigger. But it comes at an enormous cost. Ractopamine leaves countless animals trembling with muscle tremors, fighting to stand, and struggling to breathe. Some are left unable to walk at all—trapped in bodies pushed far beyond their natural limits. It’s part of a system built on suffering, propped up by corporations willing to trade anything for profit.

The dangers don’t end at the farm gate. Meat containing ractopamine residues is still sold in US supermarkets, even though the drug has been linked to heart and respiratory problems in people who eat it. While the rest of the world rejects these risks, the US allows ractopamine in levels far above global standards—exposing millions of families to hidden dangers at the dinner table.

And ractopamine’s impact doesn’t stop there. This drug seeps into the soil and water around factory farms, polluting our environment and putting communities at risk. The runoff poisons local waterways, threatening wildlife and contaminating the places we all call home.

Why is this allowed to continue? Because corporategreedstilloutweighscommonsense. Big Meat and Big Pharma have lobbied to protect their profits, while the FDA turns a blind eye to suffering and science.

But every message is a mark against cruelty—a call for transparency and accountability in our food system. Contact FDA Commissioner Marty Makary—show the FDA and the world that the public will not accept cruelty and danger in exchange for corporate gain.