Sometimes the paper trails are not easy to follow, and other times, it's a piece of cake. We did not have to wait long. The above half dozen cite the 1994 press release of America's respected Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop. So, there should be no doubt in the minds of consumers that the milk they drink is just as safe, nutritious and wholesome as it has always been. Every issue and every question about BST has been thoroughly and carefully studied by the federal government and several independent scientific institutions.
Consumers can continue to enjoy milk and dairy foods with complete confidence.
Unfortunately, a few fringe groups are using misleading statements and blatant falsehoods as part of a long-running campaign to scare consumers about a perfectly safe food. The day after Koop's statement, Monsanto scientist Bernard Violand submitted a publication to the Journal of Protein Science. His paper was subsequently published in the July 1993 edition of that journal. World Health Organization Report Geneva, Switzerland. The Lancet, vol.