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https://www.thelocal.se/20170215/to...ife-especially-if-youre-a-woman-swedish-study

People who drink too much milk are at a higher risk of an early death, and the risk is greater for women than men, the results of a new study in Sweden suggest.
The study, done by researchers at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, examined information provided by around 106,000 men and women in the country.

It showed that those who consume a large amount of milk run the risk of an earlier death than those who don't due to increased chronic low-grade inflammation in the body. And the new research is the first to suggest a difference in risk according to gender.

"In a previous study we observed that a high level of milk consumption is linked to an earlier death. However this new study shows that there is indeed a gender difference, which is something that hasn’t been shown before," Uppsala University's Karl Michaëlsson told The Local.

"My advice though is to see this study as a piece of a puzzle. We need more pieces of the puzzle before authorities can give definitive recommendations," he added.

The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, followed up on previous research which suggests that milk drinkers are not better protected against bone fractures (for women, the opposite was actually observed).

The new research suggests that regular milk drinkers do however risk shortening their lives, with the risk at its highest among women who drink a lot of milk.

"That could be explained by the gender differences in how women and men break down galactose, a component of the milk sugar lactose. Among animals there are clear gender differences in this area," Michaëlsson noted.

For women who drink at least three glasses of milk and eat fruit and vegetables a maximum of one time per day, the risk of dying earlier is almost three times higher than for women who drink no more than one glass of milk per day and eat fruit and vegetables at least five times per day.

Women who drink three glasses of milk per day and eat fruit and vegetables at least five times per day still showed a 60 percent higher risk of earlier death than women who consumed the same amount of fruit and veg but drink little to no milk at all.

For men it is a different story however. The risk of early death is only 30 percent higher for men who drink at least three glasses of milk per day than it is for men who rarely or never drink milk. In contrast to women, the amount of fruit and vegetables they consume did not appear to significantly alter those outcomes.

Asked if the study shows that women in particular should moderate their milk consumption, researcher Michaëlsson took a cautious stance.

"The study is an observational study and it alone should not be used as a basis for recommendations. We need more pieces of the puzzle."
 
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https://www.bloomberg.com/view/arti...wars-curdled-u-s-canada-relationship-long-ago

Donald Trump sent much of the presidential campaign vilifying Mexico. More recently, he has shifted his attention to the north, assailing Canada for unfair trade practices. In the past few days, he has slapped a retaliatory tariff on softwood lumber imports and threatened Canada’s dairy industry. "We will not stand for this," Trump tweeted. "Watch!"

Neither industry falls under Nafta, and with good reason: Both countries have propped up these industries for decades and aren’t eager to throw them on the mercies of free trade. The dairy business is an especially sheltered industry in Canada, known among the bovine cognoscenti as the “milk cartel.”

But the U.S. is equally guilty of treating its dairy industry as a sacred cow. Indeed, both countries have gone to extraordinary lengths to prop up their dairies since the 1930s. Canada has merely done so in a very different fashion than our cherished subsidies and price supports.

Why did Canada sour on a free market in milk? As with the U.S., the Great Depression played an important role. In the early 1930s, Canadian dairies desperate for revenue in the hard times inaugurated the so-called “milk wars,” where cash-strapped producers began slashing prices. Ontario witnessed some of the worst declines, and a number of farms went bankrupt. As a cherished industry continued to implode, the regional parliament passed the Milk Control Act in 1933.

This piece of legislation created the MCB, or Milk Control Board. This body didn’t set prices, nor did it hand out subsidies to encourage farmers to cut production, as the U.S. would soon do during the New Deal. Rather, it brought together producers, distributors and consumers to hammer out a “fair price" for milk. One historian of the MCB has characterized it as an attempt to “allow the milk industry to organize and control itself with minimal regulatory intervention.”

The MCB brokered numerous price agreements that stabilized the price of milk and then started to drive it higher. It also raised barriers to entry by imposing strict licensing and bonding requirements. As the number of producers and distributors stagnated and declined, the MCB refused to extend new licenses, insuring a greater profit for those remaining. In effect, the MCB propped up prices by limiting supply.

These tactics turned the Ontario dairy industry into a closed community dominated by a handful of big dairies. The policies also stabilized the price of milk, though at levels many consumers found onerous, prompting significant protests in the late 1930s. In a typical broadside, one newspaper labeled the MCB as “autocratic,” and compared its leaders to Mussolini’s regime.

Nonetheless, other provinces in Canada emulated Ontario’s MCB over the course of the decade. In Alberta, milk actually became a “public utility,” as the province put dairies under the control of the Public Utilities Board. For the most part, though, provinces followed Ontario’s lead. Some, like Saskatchewan, also imposed production quotas to keep milk prices high.

Other countries around the world at this time also wrestled with falling prices and a glut of milk. In the U.S. and Europe, the solution generally took the form of subsidies, where farmers hurt by falling prices would get direct payments from the government to keep them from going out of business. These programs, born during the New Deal, became ever more elaborate and essential in the postwar era.

In the 1950s, Canada also tried subsidies, but by the 1960s, the expense became increasingly prohibitive. In response, Canada passed the Milk Act of 1966, which created a national body known as the Canadian Dairy Commission. Though the CDC initially continued some of the subsidy programs, it soon embraced methods that sought to limit the supply of milk, much as the MCB had sought to do many years earlier.

These tactics took three forms. The first aimed at restricting imports. Initially, Canada prohibited all imports of milk; eventually, Canada relaxed this stricture, using high tariffs to accomplish the same end. At the same time, the CDC began setting prices, much the way the original MCB did. And finally, the CDC imposed a rigorous quota system that restricted the amount of milk produced. These quotas -- which confer rights to regular profits -- have a monetary value and can be transferred.

Canada’s dairy industry has changed little since the 1970s, despite token concessions in free-trade negotiations. John Manley, the president of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, has called it “the last Soviet-style economic regime on the planet.” Critics claim that it is inefficient and imposes an unfair burden on Canadian consumers.

All of that may be true. None of it should bother the president of the United States. The more relevant question is this: Have these machinations lent Canada a competitive edge in international milk markets? In 2016, it exported $112.6 million in dairy products to the United States. During the same period, Canada imported more than four times that -- $631.6 million -- from American dairy producers.

The fury aimed at Canada might lead one to assume that the U.S. would never stoop to propping up its own dairy industry. This is laughable.

Instead of a government-sponsored cartel, the U.S. has created myriad price supports and subsidies aimed at keeping the milk flowing. These include the federal government’s “milk marketing orders,” which set minimum prices; the Dairy Price Support Program, which buys up surplus production at guaranteed prices; the Milk Income Loss Contracts, which pay farmers when prices dip below certain thresholds; and many others. By one estimate, these subsidies account for 40 percent of the income of American dairy farmers.

Both countries are guilty of manipulating milk markets. Canada has followed a policy that insures that a cartel of producers limits supply (and imports) in order to keep prices high, with consumers footing the bill at the grocery store. The American policies effectively lead to unlimited supply, cheap milk (and a desire to find foreign markets to dump surplus milk). Consumers don’t pay the price; instead, taxpayers do.

The president can milk this issue all he wants. But he should realize there are no innocents in a trade war like this -- unless you count the cows themselves.
 
Trump is actually right on this one and Canada has been pulling this brazen protectionism (in derogation of their duties under the WTO) for years. It's well past due that we do something about it. Democrats like Cuomo and Schumer are backing him on this, too.
 
AnOminous said:
Trump is actually right on this one and Canada has been pulling this brazen protectionism (in derogation of their duties under the WTO) for years. It's well past due that we do something about it. Democrats like Cuomo and Schumer are backing him on this, too.
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It wouldn't even matter. American dairy (besides the ultra-filtered product which we already import for cheesemaking) would illegal to sell anyway because Canadian regulations on hormone use are extremely strict. Unless that was sorted out (unlikely because resistance on the provincial level would be fierce) relaxing import laws wouldn't make a difference.
 
http://www.feedstuffs.com/new-products/automated-milking-system-cleared-fda-grade-milk-production

The Monobox Automated Milking System from GEA is officially released for sale in the U.S. market after being cleared by the Food & Drug Administration for the production of Grade A milk.

“At GEA, we always make milk safety and milk quality our top priorities,” explained Matt Daley, senior vice president of sales for milking and dairy farming. “We are delivering farmers some of the most advanced milking technology on the market, and we worked extensively with state agencies and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, so our customers can be confident that the milk harvested from our equipment is of the highest quality possible and meets all necessary regulatory standards for saleable Grade A milk.”

The Monobox incorporates the same robotic milk module and milk rack as GEA’s DairyProQ automated rotary — just in a box-style configuration. GEA’s unique in-liner-everything technology ensures efficient milking in one quick, uniform procedure. After attachment, each milking step — stimulation, teat cleaning, fore-stripping, milk harvest and post-dipping — is done inside the liner. With a fast milking process, cows spend less time at the milking box and more time eating and resting. Plus, it allows for more milkings per robot per day.

“The efficiency of the milking process is what takes the Monobox to the next level in automation,” Daley said. “The time of flight camera on the milk rack matches the teatcups to the teats for the fastest unit attachment in the industry. It’s an extremely efficient and proven system giving dairy farmers an automated milking option unlike anything else on the market.”


The Monobox offers herds of any size milk harvest that is not only fast, but focuses on milk quality. High-tech sensors analyze milk color, conductivity and temperature, and the backflush process cleans and disinfects the milking unit between each cow.

“Dairy farmers continue to look towards automated milking as a solution to reduce labor expenses while maintaining a highly productive herd,” Daley said. “The Monobox rounds out the automated milking options offered by GEA to include box style configurations in addition to our robotic rotary.”

The Monobox Automated Milking System can be seamlessly integrated into any cow traffic system and works with many different management styles. Its surface box mount makes it easy to install in new or existing barns. Maintenance is quick and convenient with the service-friendly robotic milk module. Certified Monobox dealers and GEA’s support team provide expert resources and herd management services from planning and installation to start-up and beyond.
 
RJ MacReady said:
It wouldn't even matter. American dairy (besides the ultra-filtered product which we already import for cheesemaking) would illegal to sell anyway because Canadian regulations on hormone use are extremely strict. Unless that was sorted out (unlikely because resistance on the provincial level would be fierce) relaxing import laws wouldn't make a difference.
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We'll see them in court about that. Again. They should have thought about that before signing treaties to the contrary.
 
I'm 99% sure that you are linking all of these because of the word filter.
 
http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/tard cum-toddlers-recalled-after-concerns-167743
People are being warned not to drink the milk as it "poses a risk to health"

Toddler milk is being recalled following concerns of insufficient sterilisation.

The Alpro Growing Up Drink for children aged between one and three years is being taken off the shelves of Sainsbury’s stores.

The product affected is the one litre UHT pack with a best before date of March 5, 2018.

No other Alpro products are known to be affected.

As a result, the safety of these batches has been compromised which "poses a risk to health", if the affected product is consumed.

The affected batches may have developed an unpleasant texture, taste and smell.

If you have purchased any of the above product, do not drink it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was purchased for a full refund.
 
Word filters can lead to some weird ass reading.
 
Alpro has 4/5 of the same letters as ALPO
That can't be coincidence.
 
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