Animal Welfare

Aramark to outlaw controversial growth hormones from its supply chain

Aramark to outlaw controversial growth hormones from its supply chain

By Lynda Searby

US food service firm Aramark has agreed to work with its suppliers to eliminate the use of hormones and feed additives that it says are harmful to animals, including recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST), zilpaterol hydrochloride and ractopamine.