Ghislain FolletEuropean Federation of Animal Health Industries (FEDESA), Belgium A number of resistant bacterial pathogens have become the focus of recent concern in human medicine. Studies and facts on use of antibiotics in animals suggest that animal sources contribute little to the…
Robert CollierThe University of Arizona In the United States (US) and European Union (EU) the regulatory and commercialization process for recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) had widely differing outcomes. Although the regulatory process in both locations was completed in 1993 the commercialization of…
Dirk BrinckmanLiedekerke Siméon Wessing Houthoff, Belgium In December 1999, the Council of the European Union (EU) decided to definitively ban possible use of recombinant bovine somatotrophin (rBST) in the European Union. In support of its ban it invoked animal welfare reasons. Prior…
Stephen L. Ott and C. Matthew RendlemanCEAH & Southern Illinois University Based on a 1996 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) survey of 1,178 dairy producers and a milk price of $13 per hundredweight (cwt), optimal recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) use would…
Bradford L. Barham, Douglas Jackson-Smith, and Sunung MoonUniversity of Wisconsin Adoption of rBST on Wisconsin dairy farms has been modest, and is limited by farm operations: (1) finding rBST disadvantageous given their moderate scale and lack of use of technologies and practices…
Nicholas KalaitzandonakesUniversity of Missouri In recent years, neutraceuticals and functional foods have become part of our vocabulary and, increasingly, part of our menu. Derivatives of cranberries, tomatoes, soybeans and oats have been connected to specific health benefits, from prevention of particular cancers…
Paul Burn and Ganesh M. KishorePharmacia Corporation Molecular nutrition is becoming an increasingly important scientific discipline of human nutrition. The systematic dissection of food into its molecular components followed by studying individual molecules in animal model systems and humans to investigate their…
Laurian J. Unnevehr and Clare HaslerUniversity of Illinois Consumers find out about functional foods through product specific claims about their benefits. Regulation differs for provision of information in advertising versus food labels and for dietary supplements versus whole foods. There are new…
David B. SchmidtInternational Food Information Council, USA In recent years, “functional foods” have become increasingly popular. Defined as foods or food components that may provide a health benefit beyond basic nutrition, functional foods are widely believed to offer consumers an increased ability…
Linda GilbertHealthFocus Nutraceuticals—foods enhanced with vitamins, minerals or herbs—are a growing food-industry trend. But getting functional foods to market requires an understanding of the target audience. This study, based on findings of the biennial HealthFocus® Trend Report, examines specific demographic segments and…
