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Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of ß-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC · European Union

(3) Whereas, on account of the residues they leave in meat and other foodstuffs of animal origin, certain substances having a thyrostatic, oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action may be dangerous for consumers and may also affect the quality of foodstuffs of animal origin;

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