section_path: Bovine growth hormone supplementation/Human health
section_name: Human health
paragraph_text: Human health
  
  The US Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization 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.
  
  Milk that advertises that it comes from cows not treated with rBST, is required to state this finding on its label.