And they would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for that meddling governor!
Remember a few months ago when I told you that Monsanto thinks you're stupid? And that Pennsylvania's Secretary of Agriculture was going right along with them by banning labels on dairy products indicating that the farmer hadn't used synthetic growth hormones?
Last week, following a review by Governor Rendell, Pennsylvania's Department of Agriculture backed off the ban. New guidelines allow dairies to label their products as "rGBH free" as long as they also include language explaining that the FDA has found no difference between milk from treated and that from untreated cows.
The FDA might not see a difference, but others have -- and Canada and Europe prohibit the use of the synthetic hormone. A recent commenter here at Enviroblog thinks it may be against freedom of speech to tell people what they can't say about their own product if it's true. I'm no lawyer, but that makes sense to me. We're thrilled that, this time, good sense won out over big business.