Digest – News: PA still mulling “rBST-free” labels, USDA admits
impotence, will flu make pigs fly?  Organic milk sales to
skyrocket in Pennsylvania: That's the only silver lining in the
news that as of Feb. 1, Pennsylvanian consumers won't be able to
tell the difference between milk from farms that inject their
cows with rBST and that from those that don't — unless the
governor blocks the move by the state's Agriculture Secretary.
[Ed. note: Sorry, mistakenly thought there was a change in the
situation. No news here. Nothing to see. Move along, folks.]
Given the article's careful detailing of all the questions
surrounding recombinant bovine somatotropin, one farmer's
admission that it boosts his milk production by just 10% — half
of which is spent on the hormone and on extra feed needed to
fuel the higher milk output — is pretty pathetic. (Philadelphia
Inquirer)  Grounds for outrage: In a new report requested by
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the USDA admits it lacks the know-
how to identify the beef processing