NFL PLAYERS ARE being warned about consuming meat products produced in China and Mexico as they could potentially contain clenbuterol, sometimes used as a performance-enhancing drug, which is on the league’s banned substances list.
The NFL Players Association sent a memo to players, saying “consuming large quantities of meat while visiting those particular countries may result in a positive test.”
The warning comes as the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans are due to play a regular season game in Mexico City on 21 November as part of the NFL’s International Series on 21 November.
But if you think it might be difficult to for any player to convince the league that tainted meat could result in a positive test, think again.
Texans offensive tackle Duane Brown tested positive for clenbuterol after a holiday to Mexico last season.
However, he had his 10-game suspension over-turned last month when he was able to prove that eating Mexican beef had caused his anti-doping violation.
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