Brussels, 23/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - For the 3rd time, the EU's Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures relating to Public Health (SCVPH) considered, on the basis of the most recent scientific data available, that the use of growth promoting hormones in livestock presents a potential risk for consumer health. Concerned here are oestradiol 17 B, testosterone, progesterone, zeranol, trenbolone acetate and melengestrol acetate, banned by the Union, and which lie at the origin of a...