Parliamentary Research Branch

 

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?