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Monsanto
Monsanto deals milk hormone for $300 million
The agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. said it would sell its milk hormone Posilac (rbST, rbGH) to Eli Lilly & Co. for $300 million upfront, plus “additional contingent consideration.” The agreement will expand Lilly’s veterinary operations and enable Monsanto to focus on genetically modified crops. That same day, Lilly’s stock fell 39 cents to $47.41 while Continue Reading
Categories: FDA, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Organisms, Hormones, rbGH (rbST, Posilac)
Tags: Eli Lilly, Monsanto
Protect Us From Choice — Please
Last month, in an Orwellian stretch of logic and without warning or any public discussion, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) notified 19 dairies that “their labels are false or misleading and need to be changed” So, what kinds of labels were so terrible that the PDA felt they had to be removed from milk Continue Reading
Categories: FDA, Food Safety, FTC, Genetically Modified Organisms, Hormones, rbGH (rbST, Posilac), Regulators
Tags: Monsanto
