Thread: I love a beef stake but not with hormones

To cut down the hysteria a bit, here is the Fsanz page on it.
It would appear in meat it is pretty innocuous and approved for use.
Do any of you objectors eat eggs?
If so you are getting as much hormone from one egg as you would if you ate 77Kg of meat with trenbolone.

Hormonal growth promotants in beef

Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Banned in my house,,,
the long term testing gave bad results

Stunts your growth as well......that's what I hear

Originally Posted by Ferret

If Australian producers switched from feeding cattle Trenbolone to Toblerone there would be far less problems. Our cattle would still be fattened for the export market but to my knowledge Toblerone is yet to banned anywhere.

Yummmm.

Its funny you know. I hear all the scientists telling us this is good for you, thats good for you, etc etc etc. But, if you have a look at people 50+ years ago, how many fat people did you see. How many people had problems with varying foods, as in alergies etc. They keep introducing different genes and stuff into grains and even fruit and vegies, with the proclamation that it will be better for us. It will grow faster, last longer, help feed the world and so on.
This sort of stuff was all started initially in an effort to get more per square acre for the farmer. You could say, greedy farmers trying to get a bit more cash for their efforts. The only problem with that, was that when it all came to fruition, the buyer didnt pass on the coin,, at least not to the farmer. You will also see this in the milk industry too. Go ask a dairy farmer how much he's getting per litre of milk. Then ask him how much he got 25 years ago. Woohoo,, lets party,,, not.
If your looking for facts and figures on this sort of stuff, check out the ABC's Landline, or pick up a copy of The Weekly Times (Famers newspaper). All the info is there, you may need to search a bit, but you'll find it.
I dont say ALL is bad, and I do agree on some of the improvments that have happened. But I'm sorry, from where I sit, its pretty much all greed based.
But lets look at all the problems we as a society face today, and funnily enough,, when does it all kind of start??, this along with processing more food, and then of course, fast food. More obesity than ever before,, so much so, theres a whole new industry based on dealing with it,,(Not that I can talk ) We seem to have more alergies that we have to deal with, so now kids cant eat this, cant eat that. I think the worst thing I ever heard of 25 years ago, was people who got sick when they ate seafood,, (sorry Ean,, lucky me but,, cause I got my sisters share ).

In reality, greed seems to be the bottom line for pretty much everything in the world. A business is not in the game for charity. Its there to make money, the more the better. And escentially, every single person is in their own little business, to get, or make the best life they can for themselves.

Originally Posted by Ferret

If Australian producers switched from feeding cattle Trenbolone to Toblerone there would be far less problems. Our cattle would still be fattened for the export market but to my knowledge Toblerone is yet to banned anywhere.

We found in my house that Toblerone brought the kids out in red blotches.

That was due to me slapping the little buggers for nicking my damned chocolate!

Growth hormone, huh? That would probably explain why my steak loving 14 year old son is 3inches taller than me. Maybe I should fatten him up and sell him for export too.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

To cut down the hysteria a bit, here is the Fsanz page on it.
It would appear in meat it is pretty innocuous and approved for use.
Do any of you objectors eat eggs?
If so you are getting as much hormone from one egg as you would if you ate 77Kg of meat with trenbolone.

Hormonal growth promotants in beef

Regards Philip A

As far as I am aware, it gives no problem in the meat, but rather as it gets passed by the animal, there is some evidence of a residual found in the waterways where stock frequent.

Once there, it's difficult to track, as it physically changes in the transition from day to night.

Originally Posted by weeds

Stunts your growth as well......that's what I hear

Originally Posted by weeds

Stunts your growth as well......that's what I hear

oh well, at least I dont stutter---

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

oh well, at least I dont stutter---

Grrr......

You will also see this in
the milk industry too. Go ask a dairy farmer how much he's getting per litre of
milk. Then ask him how much he got 25 years ago. Woohoo,, lets party,,,
not.

I take it that you are a young whippersnapper that doesn't remember that the government compensated the dairy farmers handsomely when the industry deregulated, funded by a levy on milk for 10 years.
This enabled many old farmers to sell out and their neighbours to buy them out.
This was necessary to take the industry from a "hobby" basis with average herds of 70 cows "Daisy Ruby and others" to a business basis competitive at world prices with an average herd of 300.

The deregulation was as a result of the Hilmer Report recommending deregulation of all Australian marketing boards etc. The only regulated industries left now are taxis and chemists and we all know how welll that works.
Regards Philip A