OPINION: Special labels mislead consumers; milk is milk – (Truth About Trade & Technology)

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A recent commentary in the Post-Dispatch about the use of rBST, a hormone manufactured by Monsanto that increases dairy cow milk production, carried the headline, “Lobbyists try to keep milk information from consumers.” However, the commentary itself omitted important information for consumers — including relevant safety information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — about the dairy products they purchase.
It is important for consumers to know that all milk is safe, healthy and nutritious. Milk has been and should continue to be a staple food product in all homes. Labels that claim milk is “rBST-free” mislead consumers by suggesting that the milk is different and somehow healthier than the non-labeled milk they have been buying for years.
The truth is, there is absolutely no difference in the milk, a statement that the FDA confirmed when it approved rBST in 1993.
In addition, some retailers who have decided to limit their sales [...]

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