With a federal court overturning Ohio's ban on 'rBGH-free' labels on dairy products, raw dairy producers and consumers can again bask in new hope. This ruling means that companies that want to clearly state that their products are "rBGH free," "rBST free," or "artificial hormone free" are now allowed to do so.

This federal verdict opens the door not only to use rBGH-free labels; it also opens the back door, so to speak, for consumer groups to push for labeling of NON-GM salmon, should the FDA again decide the altered salmon does not need to carry a GM label.

The recombinant (genetically engineered) bovine growth hormone (rBGH), is used to significantly increase milk production in cows. Treated cows can produce as much as 15-25 percent more milk.One 1998 survey by Family Farm Defenders found that mortality rates for rBGH-injected cows on factory dairy farms in Wisconsin were about 40 percent per year. In other words, after two and a half years of rBGH injections most of these drugged and supercharged cows were dead. The typical lifespan of a happy, healthy dairy cow (read: organically-raised) is 15 to 20 years.

Monsanto does not have to declare the use of rBGH due to an FSA ruling, with several FSA decision makers being ex employees of Monsanto. They had been trying to prevent other companies advertising their products as rBGH free, but the whole case could now backfire on them.

Full article here: Finally Huge Victory Against Monsanto Milk

PS. I think this thread fits more into Health, Fitness and Hospitals in Thailand - TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum rather than The Kitchen, can it be moved please?