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The UK's Soil Association, which opposes the use of hormones in farming, is calling for a comprehensive testing programme of all imported beef. They wish to ensure that all beef sold in the UK is (growth) hormone free.The cite a report put out by Danish scientists that indicates that growth hormone residues may be more damaging to babies and children than previously thought.
They are certianly attempting to look after the UK consumer as the testing programme call follows one just last month that requested the ban on the use of Aspartame following health concerns thrown up by Italian researchers.
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7-04-2006 @2:31AM Marc said... I hope they are successful in their work against hormones in beef. And perhaps it will inspire the big beef buyers like McDonalds to demand hormone-free beef, and perhaps that will spread to the U.S. In the end, the use of hormones is purely an economic decision. Michael Pollan, in his "Power Steer" article in the New York Times ( http://michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=14 ), bought a cow and followed its short life from ranch to feedlot to slaughterhouse. He wrote this about hormones:
American regulators permit hormone implants on the grounds that no risk to human health has been proved, even though measurable hormone residues do turn up in the meat we eat. These contribute to the buildup of estrogenic compounds in the environment, which some scientists believe may explain falling sperm counts and premature maturation in girls. Recent studies have also found elevated levels of synthetic growth hormones in feedlot wastes; these persistent chemicals eventually wind up in the waterways downstream of feedlots, where scientists have found fish exhibiting abnormal sex characteristics.
The F.D.A. is opening an inquiry into the problem, but for now, implanting hormones in beef cattle is legal and financially irresistible: an implant costs $1.50 and adds between 40 and 50 pounds to the weight of a steer at slaughter, for a return of at least $25. That could easily make the difference between profit and loss on my investment in No. 534. Thinking like a parent, I like the idea of feeding my son hamburgers free of synthetic hormones. But thinking like a cattleman, there was really no decision to make.
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