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IDFA Files Suit in Ohio over Proposed rBST Rule
Published Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 04:49 AM
The International Dairy Foods Association has filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio over a proposed rule regarding the labeling of dairy products that do not contain the artificial growth hormone rBST. The rule would require dairy manufactures making a claim that their milk is free of the artificial growth hormone to also include a disclaimer located next to the claim – alerting consumers that FDA has found no health risks associated with rBST.

IDFA Director of communication Peggy Armstrong calls the rule – unfair. She points out the additional cost of having separate packaging labels for Ohio. She says this comes at a time when both state and national economies are under stress. As a result, IDFA says the rule could cost manufacturers thousands of dollars and it also violated the first amendment right of free speech and oversteps the bounds of the federal government’s control of interstate comers.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture has yet to respond to the lawsuit.

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