The FDA, and the USDA have a standard for the amount of blood allowed in milk. Is there blood in your milk? Yes. All non-organic milk available from all major dairies in the US contain blood. How does the blood get in the milk? The dairies shoot the cows full of RBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone), which makes the cows produce milk, even though they are not pregnant or nursing. The cows produce so much milk, because of the hormones that they must be milked five to ten times daily, as opposed to the healthy amount of twice daily. The over milking makes the teats sore, raw and bloody. The blood is extracted with the milk, so it is impossible to separate out. I used to work for a commercial dairy, and have visited hundreds nation wide. This happens in every dairy in America that is non-organic. How do they make it white? They bleach the milk to alleviate the pink colore the blood gives it. So what percentage of blood is allowed in milk? 20% with most dairies being at or above that.
2006-08-08
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