milk and BGH

[Anonymous]

so, i would like to avoid BGH as much as humanly possible - i had periods very early and one theory was that it was due to the hormones in the meat and milk i was having.

i have been buying organic at whole foods, but just noticed that giant's milk says "no artificial hormones" - are they referring to bgh? or are they using the vague wording because they're using "all-natural" BGH and are trying to trick people into thinking its not got bgh.

[Anonymous]

It should clarify on the nutrition label what they are referring to.

[Anonymous]

If it's organic, that ought to be good. I don't think milk from cows treated with BGH can be labeled organic.
For any of the organic brands--Organic Valley, Stonyfield, etc.--you should be good. (BTW those two buy from family farms, whereas Horizon is an industrial ag organization. "Big Organic.")

But PP is right, somewhere in the fine print it should say "no rBGH." (The "r" is for "recombinant." No idea what that means, or why it's not capitalized. But that's what the label usually says.)

[Anonymous]

No commercially available milk in a food store, organic or not, contains rbgh any longer. Once Walmart said no the whole industry stopped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No commercially available milk in a food store, organic or not, contains rbgh any longer. Once Walmart said no the whole industry stopped.

Is this correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No commercially available milk in a food store, organic or not, contains rbgh any longer. Once Walmart said no the whole industry stopped.

Is this correct?

I didn't know it was because of Walmart, but I've noticed that, no matter where you are, all of the milk is labeled "not from cows given rbgh."