Editing Milk (section)

=== Human health ===

The US [[Food and Drug Administration]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/ProductSafetyInformation/ucm130321.htm |title=Report on the Food and Drug Administration's Review of the Safety of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin |publisher=US Food and Drug Administration |date=April 23, 2009 |access-date=August 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823191323/https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/ProductSafetyInformation/ucm130321.htm |archive-date=August 23, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> the [[National Institutes of Health]]<ref>{{cite conference |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK15180/ |chapter=Bovine Somatotropin |conference=Technology Assessment Conference December 5–7, 1990 |title=NIH State of the Science Statements |publisher=[[National Institutes of Health]] |year=2002 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118082113/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK15180/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[World Health Organization]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://apps.who.int//iris/bitstream/10665/127845/1/9789241209885_eng.pdf |title=Evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food |year=2014 |work=[[World Health Organization]] |access-date=August 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803163519/http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/127845/1/9789241209885_eng.pdf |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> have reported that both of these compounds are safe for human consumption at the amounts present.

Milk from cows given rBST may be sold in the United States, and the FDA stated that no significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST-treated and that from non-rBST-treated cows.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100202232114/https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/GuidanceDocuments/FoodLabelingNutrition/ucm059036.htm Voluntary Labeling of Milk and Milk Products From Cows That Have Not Been Treated With Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin]. Fda.gov. Retrieved November 24, 2011.</ref>

Milk that advertises that it comes from cows not treated with rBST, is required to state this finding on its label.