US milk cannot be labelled hormone free, says FDA

American milk cannot be labelled “natural” and free of hormones ruled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week. The administration argued that no one could be sure that a cow had never been given hormones to increase its milk production.

* US cows: what they produced cannot be labelled “natural”

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