Tuesday September 29, 2009, 12:03 pm
US - An independent expert panel of physicians, nutritionists, and animal scientists has found that recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST), the supplement approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for increasing milk production in lactating dairy cows, is not a danger to human health.

The expert panel completed a thorough review of the research and has just published a summary paper addressing scientific issues relevant to recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST).

Led by Richard Raymond, M.D., former undersecretary for Food Safety at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and former chief medical officer of Nebraska, the panel addressed questions and concerns on rbST pertaining to general biology, human health and animal health, nutritional content, environmental impact and milk quality.

The paper is the first comprehensive review and compilation of scientific data since the initial documentation was provided to the FDA in support of the approval of rbST. The paper was presented at the 2009 Joint Meeting of American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA), Canadian Society of Animal Science (CSAS) and American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) in Montreal, Canada........visit site for more

Tuesday September 29, 2009, 12:03 pm
I must be naive. I was under the impression that since Elanco approached Dr. Raymond to review industry findings and funded the review, that would disqualify this panel from being regarded as independent. What was I thinking!

Tuesday September 29, 2009, 12:12 pm
Text from this safety assessment can be viewed at Safety Assessment Report.

Tuesday September 29, 2009, 2:26 pm
Karen -- what you are missing is the "Industry Mantra" -- "if you say thing enough times it is true" What were you thinking?

cowboss

Wednesday September 30, 2009, 3:26 pm
Oh Dear. Oh dear. One must hire one's own supporters to hear what one wants to hear. Very sad. Thanks Karen.

Wednesday September 30, 2009, 3:51 pm
Yep Cowboss if you say something enough everyone will believe it.

Wednesday September 30, 2009, 5:25 pm
Isn't it amazing what money and political agenda can buy. Thanks for this report.