WADA Exonerates Canelo Alvarez with New 2019 Ruling on Meat Contamination Findings!

[Thuglife Nelo]

REVISED 2.0! Now WADA bumped to 5ng. 8X the amount of Canelo’s original finding. What a great time to be in Mexico eating beef! It’s the cowboy way!

SMRTL Director - Eichner - VADA's own go to Lab

''Canelo Alvarez was consistent with Meat Contamination.''

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/ne...-contamination


30 May 2019

WADA publishes Stakeholder Notice regarding meat contamination

On 16 May 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agencys (WADAs) Foundation Board decided to amend Article 7.4 of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) to allow WADA-accredited Laboratories (Laboratories) to report Atypical Findings (ATFs) for the Prohibited Substance clenbuterol.

Under the current version of Article 7.4 of the Code, Laboratories may only report analytical testing results for exogenous Prohibited Substances as Adverse Analytical Findings (AAFs) but not as ATFs, which does not allow for investigations to take place when potential meat contamination scenarios arise as has been the case with clenbuterol.

As such, if the current Code is strictly followed, Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) are required to assert an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) against the athlete if the B sample results confirm the A sample findings (or the athlete waives the analysis of their B sample).

The purpose of the amendment to Article 7.4 of the Code which will come into force on 1 June 2019 and is an interim solution until the 2021 Code and the forthcoming International Standard for Results Management (ISRM) come into effect is to provide ADOs with the possibility of conducting an investigation when low concentrations of identified Prohibited Substances that are known meat contaminants are detected by Laboratories and reported as ATFs.

This will ensure that valid meat contamination cases are dealt with fairly and, notably, may prevent athletes from having their competition results disqualified as a result of eating contaminated meat.
In order to provide guidance to ADOs faced with potential meat contamination cases, WADA has developed a Stakeholder Notice regarding Meat Contamination (Notice) that details the reporting instructions for Laboratories depending on the concentration of clenbuterol detected in an athletes sample and includes the investigative steps that ADOs must follow in such situations.

After following the instructions and investigative steps indicated in the Notice, ADOs may close cases and allow an athlete to retain their results (for samples collected in-competition) if it is determined that the detection of clenbuterol in their sample is consistent with meat contamination. However, if, following the investigation, the reported ATF is not consistent with meat contamination, or if the concentration of clenbuterol exceeds the designated threshold, an ADRV will be asserted and the standard results management process will proceed.

WADA hopes that the instructions found in the Notice and that the amendment to Article 7.4 of the Code will assist ADOs faced with potential clenbuterol meat contamination cases and will ensure that cases are managed fairly for all athletes.
Please feel free to contact rm@wada-ama.org should you have any questions or concerns.

[Citizen Koba]

SMRTL Director - Eichner - VADA's own go to Lab

''Canelo Alvarez was consistent with Meat Contamination.''

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/ne...-contamination


30 May 2019

WADA publishes Stakeholder Notice regarding meat contamination

On 16 May 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Foundation Board decided to amend Article 7.4 of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) to allow WADA-accredited Laboratories (Laboratories) to report Atypical Findings (ATFs) for the Prohibited Substance clenbuterol.

Under the current version of Article 7.4 of the Code, Laboratories may only report analytical testing results for exogenous Prohibited Substances as Adverse Analytical Findings (AAFs) but not as ATFs, which does not allow for investigations to take place when potential meat contamination scenarios arise – as has been the case with clenbuterol.

As such, if the current Code is strictly followed, Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) are required to assert an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) against the athlete if the B sample results confirm the A sample findings (or the athlete waives the analysis of their B sample).

The purpose of the amendment to Article 7.4 of the Code – which will come into force on 1 June 2019 and is an interim solution until the 2021 Code and the forthcoming International Standard for Results Management (ISRM) come into effect – is to provide ADOs with the possibility of conducting an investigation when low concentrations of identified Prohibited Substances that are known meat contaminants are detected by Laboratories and reported as ATFs.

This will ensure that valid meat contamination cases are dealt with fairly and, notably, may prevent athletes from having their competition results disqualified as a result of eating contaminated meat.
In order to provide guidance to ADOs faced with potential meat contamination cases, WADA has developed a Stakeholder Notice regarding Meat Contamination (Notice) that details the reporting instructions for Laboratories depending on the concentration of clenbuterol detected in an athlete’s sample and includes the investigative steps that ADOs must follow in such situations.

After following the instructions and investigative steps indicated in the Notice, ADOs may close cases and allow an athlete to retain their results (for samples collected in-competition) if it is determined that the detection of clenbuterol in their sample is consistent with meat contamination. However, if, following the investigation, the reported ATF is not consistent with meat contamination, or if the concentration of clenbuterol exceeds the designated threshold, an ADRV will be asserted and the standard results management process will proceed.

WADA hopes that the instructions found in the Notice and that the amendment to Article 7.4 of the Code will assist ADOs faced with potential clenbuterol meat contamination cases and will ensure that cases are managed fairly for all athletes.
Please feel free to contact rm@wada-ama.org should you have any questions or concerns.

This in no way indicates Canelo hadn't been using Clenbuterol as a PED if that's what you're trying to imply. This is just an official codification of the existing policy of - in effect - ignoring positive Clenbuterol tests below a certain threshold in athletes who can make a reasonable case of having been exposed to contaminated meat.

It's as much a recognition of the legal difficulties in pursuing such cases and to avoid the likelihood of unfairly punishing the innocent as anything else... this is made clear in earlier releases regarding the unofficial policy that already existed.

[Thuglife Nelo]

This in no way indicates Canelo hadn't been using Clenbuterol as a PED if that's what you're trying to imply. This is just an official codification of the existing policy of - in effect - ignoring positive Clenbuterol tests below a certain threshold in athletes who can make a reasonable case of having been exposed to contaminated meat.

It's as much a recognition of the legal difficulties in pursuing such cases and to avoid the likelihood of unfairly punishing the innocent as anything else... this is made clear in earlier releases regarding the unofficial policy that already existed.

Lol. Read it again

[Robi13]

Clenbuterol is a fat burner and a weak one at that lol. I mean it’s like if I’m gonna cheat why use some weak as agent? I’d go for the best of the best

[Pechorin]

Canelo is p4p #1 and the face of boxing, and haters are going to hate.

[Squ□redCircle34]

Damn Canelo was really clean, if he beats Kov clean at 175 he’s a ATG!

[AKAcronym]

Still doesn't explain why he was eating beef and why he had to go all the way down to Mexico to do it, when his team have explicitly stated they don't let him eat beef when he's training. And when was the last time he actually trained in Mexico besides when he was down there for the rematch? Honest question because I thought he pretty much exclusively trained in San Diego.

[Citizen Koba]

Lol. Read it again

Yes. I did. It doesn't say that low results mean that an athlete is innocent of deliberate use merely that it's now official policy not to automatically pursue punitive action below a certain threshold. That's basically what they were doing already.

Possibly I'm wrong though. Can you explain to me which bit you think I've misunderstood?

[Thuglife Nelo]

Still doesn't explain why he was eating beef and why he had to go all the way down to Mexico to do it, when his team have explicitly stated they don't let him eat beef when he's training. And when was the last time he actually trained in Mexico besides when he was down there for the rematch? Honest question because I thought he pretty much exclusively trained in San Diego.

WADA says you can’t discriminate findings that are consistent with Meat Contamination revolving Clen

[QballLobo]

He was exonerated when he supplied a hair follicle test and it showed no traces. If he had been using enough dosage to help him get an advantage it would have showed up many months later. He also did random testing leading up to the GGG rematch. Oh and despite undergoing the most rigorous testing he looked even better in the rematch.
It was a bad look but those street tacos in Mexico are too good to pass up. I was in Guadalajara a few years ago and would probably came up dirty when I came home.