Butcher calls bull on China's claim Aussie beef laced with anabolic steroids 04:58

But today I wanted to get his perspective on this story. And it was in the Daily Telegraph this morning. So China is accusing Australian beef of being the reason as to why some of the Chinese swimmers have tested positive to steroids two years ago. Now, the whole debacle revolves around two Chinese swimmers.

One's 20-year-old and is a female swimmer, and she won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in the 4x200m relay. The other is a male swimmer who's not currently at the Paris Games, nor has he even made his Olympic debut. But both of them tested positive for an anabolic steroid, commonly used by bodybuilders.

Now at the time, China suggested to the World Anti-Doping Agency that these two Chinese swimmers were training together and after training they stopped for a bite to eat hamburgers with Australian beef in it and they claim that is the source of the steroid. Now what's weird about this, the World Anti-Doping Agency, they accepted that version of events and now today Australia is being accused of contaminating its meat

with an anabolic steroid maybe there is anabolic steroids in australian beef i don't know manuel denoris from pride meets he's on the line hill no manuel g'day g'day chris how are you i'm all right mate do you juice up your beef absolutely not absolutely not is it even a slightly feasible mate no not at all like i mean you know you're talking about um you know saying that you know we're putting anabolic steroids in our beef can you

Can you imagine the consequences if that was true? Our meat is sourced around the world globally as the best in the world. Why would we sacrifice and jeopardise that? Do we add any preservatives to the meat, be it when it gets to the butcher's shelves like your shops or when we export it?

No. Look, there's no preservatives added to the beef that I know of. Firstly, there's so many allergies people have. And these day and age, the industry can't have preservatives in our beef, mate. It just costs too much money, you know, to find and people's health and well-being. You know, you've got to look after that as number one. So that's a no-no. Now, so there's no preservatives at all, no hormones in cattle production, stuff like that?

No, there's no hormones added to cattle. Look, I speak to a lot of farmers, and it's not ethical to do so. Like, you know, take an example, the big companies, Coles and Woolies, they've banned any meat with any hormones, and I would say most butcher shops are in sync with that as well. Just not allowed. Hey, so we're seeing Australian beef as, what, the gold standard internationally?

Oh, I'd say they're the best in the world, 100%. I mean, you can go all over Europe, America, Asia, anywhere you like. If you go into a high-class restaurant, you're going to see Australian beef marked down there definitely as the best product. And one thing that I would say that might be difficult for the Chinese is version of events.

that Joey's just raised this, Manuel, is that China banned Australian meat imports from 2020 to 2022 and only lifted them in May 30 of this year. So the hamburgers, don't think there was any Australian beef in them. Like one famous person says that we all know his name, but it's fake news, I'd say. It sounds like fake news.

amazing that WADA accepted it yeah you're not wrong hey man well before I let you go I just want to talk to you about the Olympic Village because this is bothering me right

Yep. 60% vegan. And there was a report from James Magnusson that there was this giant weightlifter, big, big guy that was offered one chop, one lamb chop. That was it when he went to the, when he went to eat at the Olympic village. Now, surely meat is important for elite athletes like these.

Look, I totally agree. Look, I'm not against vegans, right? Each to their own. But I think meat is a must in your diet. It's just something that you need to have. All athletes, like I look after a lot of the footy boys. And let me tell you, they're big and strong and powerful. And their main food is meat. What kind of stuff?

Mate, steaks is definitely beef. Ones without hormone or antibiotics or anything. So beef is definitely the number one on the list for most trained athletes. For the proper elite guys. Yeah, the proper elite guys. They love a good steak. You know, plenty of protein because protein is everything, man. Helps your body, helps muscle recovery, everything. Yeah.

Manuel, I appreciate you jumping on and thank you for putting that to bed for us. The Chinese are lying. Who would have thought? Have a good afternoon. Absolutely. Pleasure. Thanks, Chris. That's Manuel Donores from Pride Meets.