U.S. Judge Dismisses BST Lawsuit .... brought by the Founda- ARLINGTON, has dismissed a lawsuit ment of Agriculture and Promotion and (NDPRB), tion on Economic »• A federal judge against the U.S. Depart- the National Dairy Research Board The lawsuit was Trends (FET) and 14 Your FkmCredit Bankers Nobody Knowslheßdd Better Keystone Farm Credit, ACA ...serves the 15 county southeastern Pennsylvania area with nearly $3BO million in loans outstandi to farmers and rural residents. Fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, revolving credit lines, operating loans, flexible repayment terms.. linom John Mylin far Mary Wagner Fam Credit Years and Still the Best in the Field Gordon Herr rovides financially services such as credit life insurance, and equipment leasing. Financial Management Services department provides 3 types of record keeping with tax preparation services. Our Quarryville team Lancaster County. Hand Road (717) 786-7007 LancMtef Farming, Saturday, my 16,1992-A3l Our serves southern dairy faimen. The lawsuit con tended that USDA and NDPRB were illegally promoting Bovine Somatatropine (BST) with dairy farmer checkoff dollars. BST is a naturally occurring cow hormone which stimulates milk production. Scientists have developed a recombinant BST for use by producers to increase milk production. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently reviewing rBST for efficacy and cow safely. In 1985, FDA ruled that miik from BST test herds is safe for human con sumption. Biotechnolo gy opponents, including FET, however, con tinued to raise questions about milk from BST treated cows and human safety. In an effort to allevi ate growing consumer concerns about milk safety arising from FET's campaign, in 1990 the NDPRB began compiling and dissemi nating the scientific data with which FDA answered questions regarding milk from BST-treated cows and human safety. FDA's data and con clusion had been reviewed and endorsed by the National Insti tutes of Health, the Office of Technology Assessment and the Government Account ing Office. Additionally, Science and The Journal of the American Medical Association, prestigious science and medical journals, endorsed FDA's methodology and finding. NDPRB distributed this information to doc tors, food store mana gers, school food ser vice officials, and inter ested media in order to inform credible third parties about milk safety and avoid adverse con sumer reactions towards milk and dairy products. Lester Evans, a Mis souri dairy farmer and chairman of NDPRB, said, "It's gratifying to know that a federal judge views our efforts to protect the pure and wholesome image of milk as in line with our charter. “NDB's focus has always been on milk's image; not on BST, We did this to protect milk and dairy sales and, thus, dairy farmers' livelihoods," Evans said. The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board, com posed of 36 dairy far mers, develops and administers a coordi nated program of prom otion, research and nutrition education to strengthen the dairy industry's position in the marketplace.
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