News from Taste Better:

“The California Milk Processor Board is threatening to sue PETA over their “Got Pus?” anti-dairy campaign. …An expanded version of the story … the potential suit appears to cover trademark infringement only. Got something to hide?”

Here are the claims PETA makes about dairy:

“Have some … pus with your cookies? If you down a glass of cow’s milk, you will…”…every state but Hawaii is producing milk with pus levels so high that it shouldn’t enter the human food supply!…

“…Because cows are not built to produce this much milk, they are prone to a painful udder infection called mastitis. When they are milked, pus and bacteria from the infection flow right along with the milk. …This isn’t just disgusting—it can also be dangerous. Pus can contain paratuberculosis bacteria, which are believed to cause Crohn’s disease in human beings.

“Dairy farmers try to control the rampant mastitis with large doses of antibiotics—but these antibiotics also wind up in the milk. Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of too many antibiotics, which researchers believe can inhibit the development of the immune system.

“Dairy farmers don’t tell consumers that every glass of milk is contaminated with pus, bacteria, and perhaps with paratuberculosis. The only way to avoid drinking pus is to avoid cow’s milk.

“PETA is calling on the USDA to lower the legal limit of allowable pus cells in milk to the limit used by the rest of the industrialized world. Presently, our limit is nearly twice that. Seventeen states are producing milk that would be illegal to sell in Europe!”

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