There is widespread evidence that the use of somatotropin or growth hormone to improve milk and pork production is safe. An independent committee appointed by The National Institutes of Health concluded that, "The evidence clearly indicates that the overall composition and nutritional quality of...

Global linkages in the food system are mo-way streets reaching into new markets and transporting new inputs, new technologies, new business relationships, and new participants into the food system. These linkages help create both highly competitive and interdependent new global and U.S. food...