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EU AND US REGULATORS DIFFER. "Six hormones are endorsed by the FDA for use in increasing the rate of growth of beef cattle ... the FDA has determined that residue levels of the hormones found in food are safe and are below levels that pose health risks to humans." https://www.bc.edu/dam/files/schools/law/lawreviews/journals/bcealr/27_3/02_TXT.htm View in LinkedIn

US SIERRA CLUB WHITE PAPER on TTIP Talks. Not just food issues are at stake, but a wide range of issues, including: environmental protection, food safety, chemical safety, fracking and over-protection of corporate interests. A thorough look at the issues in the table. http://lnkd.in/dcAXGkX View in LinkedIn

TIT FOR TAT. "Inspectors from the EU’s Food and Veterinary Office have determined that meat imported from Canada and the United States does not satisfy the EEC’s safety standards." https://www.bc.edu/dam/files/schools/law/lawreviews/journals/bcealr/27_3/02_TXT.htm View in LinkedIn

US SIERRA CLUB WHITE PAPER on TTIP Talks. Not just food issues are at stake, but a wide range of issues, including: environmental protection, food safety, chemical safety, fracking and over-protection of corporate interests. A thorough look at the issues in the table. http://lnkd.in/dcAXGkX View in LinkedIn

TIT FOR TAT. "The EU has suspended imports of beef and bovine liver from the United States, notwithstanding continuing threats by the U.S. government to impose 100 percent tariffs on more than $900 million worth of European products unless the ban is lifted." http://lnkd.in/dv-EN2y View in LinkedIn

NO HORMONES POSITION. "Commissioner Karel De Gucht tried to be very reassuring: “In Europe, a decade ago, we put a lot people behind bars for using hormones," alluding to the “hormones mafia” scandal in his home country, where in 1995 a sanitary inspector was assassinated by farmers who were using illegally imported hormones in order to fatten their cattle." http://lnkd.in/dFpQGdN View in LinkedIn

US CONSUMERS UNAWARE. "One of the effects of the Beef Hormone Dispute in the US was to awaken the public's interest in the issue. This interest was not wholly unsympathetic to the EU. In 1989 ... CSPI ... pressed for an adoption of a ban within the US similar to that within the E.U." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_hormone_controversy View in LinkedIn

CELEBRITY OPPOSITION (Janie Oliver, chef). "We don't have hormones in our meat, that's banned. But not over there. We don't have hundreds of poisons and pesticides that have been proven to be carcinogenic. They do. Their laws, their set-up, their safety regulations are nowhere near ours." http://lnkd.in/djN5B4U View in LinkedIn

80% OF US BEEF IS HORMONE TREATED. "In 2011, more than 34 million cattle and 850,000 calves were slaughtered to provide beef for US consumers ... 80 percent of all US feedlot cattle are injected with hormones to make them grow faster ... one government study from 2007 estimated that approximately 17 percent of all cows in the US were given the genetically engineered growth hormone rBGH to increase milk production." (2011). http://lnkd.in/dcJYWsG View in LinkedIn

EU BAN ON HORMONE TREATED MEAT. "The European Union is also closed to U.S. beef from cattle raised with growth hormones. Some Europeans are worried about what impact GM crops and hormone beef - often dubbed "Frankenstein Food" - might have on health and the environment." http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/12/eu-usa-trade-idUSL6N0M920R20140312 View in LinkedIn