PRB 98-1E
RECOMBINANT BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN (rbST)
Prepared by:
Frédéric Forge
Science and Technology Division
October 1998
MODULE CONTENTS
WHAT'S
NEW?
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS rbST?
THE IMPACT OF rbST ON HEALTH
Human Health
Animal Health
THE IMPACT OF rbST ON THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Supply Management and the Processing Industry
Dairy Operations
Animal Genetics
THE REGULATION OF rbST IN CANADA
Approval
Use of rbST
Labelling
SITUATION WITH
RESPECT TO rbST IN CANADA
rbST IN OTHER COUNTRIES
United States
European Union
Other Countries
WHAT SHOULD BE
THE DECISION ON rbST? |