These questions are being posed by the milk-consuming public as they become aware of this new technology which may become available for use by dairy farmers in the near future.
Milk has one of the best reputations in the food industry as a safe and nutritious product.
In order not to compromise that reputation, BST is one of the most extensively-studied compounds ever produced for use by dairy farmers. Somatotropin is a naturally occurring protein hormone produced by the pituitary gland. It is commonly known as growth hormone because it controls the distribution of nutrients within the body and regulates growth during an animal's normal growth period. Every species of mammal produces its own version of somatotropin. These different somatotropins are not interchangeable.