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Testosterone Propionate

Level 5High concernIn Winter's Dictionary

Testosterone Propionate is a veterinary drug — Steroid male hormone used to increase growth in cattle

What it does

Steroid male hormone used to increase growth in cattle

Where you'll see it

cattle

What the research says

Steroid hormone with adverse reproductive and developmental effects

Regulatory status

  • Notes: FDA limits residue 0.64 ppb muscle

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): a steroid produced by cells of the testicles; used to increase growth in cattle