Tag: hormone
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Michael Roberts, “International Legal Issues Concerning Animal Cloning and Nanotechnology—More of the Same or Are ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’?,” National AgLaw Center, November 2008
Roll International Corp. Senior Counsel and former Agricultural Law Professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, Michael Roberts discusses how disputes over the use of synthetic hormones in animal husbandry and food produced from genetically modified organisms are handled from the perspective of international trade law and international agreements addressing health, safety and…
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Kansas Agriculture Department Holds Final Hearing on “Hormone-Free” Milk
The Kansas Department of Agriculture this week held its final hearing on a regulation that would ban labels advertising a dairy product as “rBGH free,” “rBST free” or “artificial growth hormone free.” As of January 2010, the measure would also require products marketed as “derived from cows not supplemented with growth hormones” to carry disclaimer…
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Appellate Body Supports U.S. Sanctions over EU Beef Ban; EU Ban Amendments Upheld
The WTO has reportedly issued a ruling supporting the United States in its decision to impose duties on European imports in response to a ban on beef from animals treated with growth hormones. According to the U.S. trade representative, “The Appellate Body’s report confirms that WTO members that are subject to additional duties for failing…