In some states it is illegal to label your milk rBGH free. rBGH is a hormone which is occasionally linked to illness immediately before the scientist conducting the study decides to retire.
On my “Liberte” brand yogurt it says “rBGH free: Milk produced without the use of recombinant bovine somatotropin.”
This is immediately followed by: “No significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBGH treated and non rBGH treated cows.”
I’m certain that food and chemical companies are so effective at using regulation to strangle competition that someone could go to jail for selling this yogurt without that last note about the safety of rBGH.
I urge my leftist friends to be careful when they call for regulation. They’ll usually get it.
I’ve noticed this on my milk as well. On three different brands (Prairie Farms, Robert’s, and Hy-Vee) it says that their farmers have pledged not to use rBST on their cows, of course accompanied by an asterisk and a message like: the FDA has not shown any difference between rBST and non-rBST treated cows.