On 28 Aug 2006 11:41:27 -0700, TC wrote:

> also mean without applying growth hormones and un-necessary medication.

I gather that the controversial "recombinant Bovine Somatotropine" (rBST
hormone) is used in some US dairy farms to increase milk productivity, but
Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and all 25 countries in the European
Union have prohibited the practice of injecting the hormone into cows.

http://www.american.edu/TED/milk.htm
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssen...l/15271158.htm

Anyway, I should think that even in the US concerned consumers can choose
and buy organic milk, instead of "hormone" milk.