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<p>The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
(PDA) has backed
down from a controversial ban on the use of labels on milk
products. The agency had issued new rules in October, set to go
into effect February 1st that would have barred dairy companies
or milk producers from labeling their products as from cows not
treated with rBGH. PDA argued that a misleading impression might
be conveyed by identifying milk as coming from cows not treated
with synthetic hormones. Pennsylvania would have been the first
state to implement such a labeling ban.</p>
<p><u>The ban was rescinded yesterday after a
review by
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell due to consumer outcry. True Food
Network members, along with our allies, sent <em>thousands</em>
of emails and made hundreds of calls to Governor Rendell urging
him to not to put this ban in place. Your calls and emails
worked!</u></p>
<p>Though labels are once again permitted to
mention that
hormones were not used, the standards require a disclaimer
stating that the FDA has found no difference in milk from cows
injected with the synthetic hormone and milk from cows that are
not injected. Such disclaimers already are printed on many dairy
products. The new regulations also require dairies to maintain
procedures to verify any production methods claimed on their
labels, including keeping a paper audit trail. (Read <a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/business/18milk.html?_r=2&ref=us&oref=slog&oref=slogin"
target="_blank"><em>"State Revises Hormone Label for Milk, The New
York Times</em></a> for more information)</p>
<p>Pennsylvania was the first state to consider
putting such a
labeling ban in place, but other states including Washington,
Missouri, and <a
href="http://ga3.org/campaign/Ohio_rBGH/8un56k8rv75w8jid?"
target="_blank">Ohio</a>, seem to be following suit by considering
regulations similar to those which Pennsylvania abandoned
today. New Jersey had until recently taken the matter under
consideration but has since determined not to take action.</p>
<p>While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
has ruled that
rbGH use is safe, <a
href="http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/rbgh2.cfm" target="_blank">serious
human and animal health questions
remain</a>, and it has been prohibited in Canada and the
European Union. U.S. consumers have shown they prefer
rBGH-free products, and that they want them labeled as such. In
fact, an April 2007 Lake Research Partners national survey shows
that eight in ten adults (80%) feel dairy products originating
from cows that have not been treated with rBGH should be allowed
to be labeled as such. </p>
<p>A broad coalition of groups including
consumers, dairies,
farming groups, and environmental organizations requested the
changes announced today. (<a
href="http://www.consumersunion.org/campaigns/notinmyfood/005230indiv.html"
target="_blank">You can read the letter here</a>)</p>
<p>Stay tuned for updates and actions on
similar labeling bans
in other states. If you have not already, please consider <a
href="http://ga3.org/campaign/Ohio_rBGH/8un56k8rv75w8jid?"
target="_blank">sending an email and
making a call to Ohio Governor Strickland</a> on this issue as
well!</p>
<p>Thank you for your support!<br>
The Center for Food Safety</p>
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