AR-News: (US) Monsanto has to ration genetically engineered cow hormone

[Animalconcerns]

[from USA Today]

SAN FRANCISCO — The genetically engineered hormone that induces a third of
the nation's dairy herds to make more milk is in very short supply now
that federal inspectors found quality-control problems at the factory
where it's produced.
...
The FDA approved the hormone in 1993, ruling that there's no difference
between milk produced by hormone-injected cows and conventionally bred
bovines.

The approval came after years of intense debate. Farmers, animal rights
activists, consumer groups and environmental organizations had opposed it,
and Congress even imposed a brief moratorium on commercial release. 
...
Organic farmers and animal welfare organizations still argue that no
scientific consensus exists about the hormone's health consequences on
people and cows. Canada and Europe ban the hormone, mostly out of concern
that it makes cows more prone to illness.

full story:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-02-15-monsanto-moo-juice_x.htm

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