En: NOTMILK - Rat Poison Must Be Added to Milk BY LAW

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cohensmilk1 <cohensmilk1 escreveu: Para: notmilk De: "cohensmilk1" <cohensmilk1Data: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:57:35 -0000Assunto: NOTMILK - Rat Poison Must Be Added to Milk BY LAWIt's The Law - Rat Poison Must Be Added to Milk In 1932, Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations required that 400 units of rat poison be added to every quart of milk sold in America. A brochure produced by the Ministry of Environment in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, reveals the rat-posion link: "SAFE AND SENSIBLE PEST CONTROL" The brochure represents a series of "safe and sensible" pest control measures, according to the Canadian Health Minister. Canadian health officials believe that Vitamin D-3 is the most effective and ecologically sound method

of dealing with rat and mouse infestation. Information on milk cartons reveal that two ingredients fill the container: Milk and Vitamin D-3. Vitamin D-3 is used to kill rats! Why is it added to milk for our children to drink in the name of good health? According to the Canadian brochure, products containing Vitamin D-3 (calciferol) kill by vitamin overdose after 3-4 days. The Vitamin D-3 actually mobilizes excessive amounts of calcium from an animal's bones. And you thought that Vitamin D-3 in milk helped to absorb calcium. Another dairy industry myth! Don't try this at home. When the animal dies within your walls, its putrefying body will add the most unpleasant bouquet to your environment. The offensive smell may last for months. Many methods of mice and rat control are discussed. I prefer the most foolproof of methods: Don't let them eat your food. Store all foods in refrigerators or

tamper-proof containers. With no food supply, mice and rats go elsewhere to dine. How soon we forget! Children are taught in first grade that Vitamin D is the "sunshine vitamin." Vitamin D is a steroid hormone and is synthesized in one's body after skin is exposed to sunlight. Once the body has made enough, it will produce no more. Too much Vitamin D can be toxic and result in bone loss. In 1963, the journal Pediatrics (Volume 31) revealed: "Consuming as little as 45 micrograms of Vitamin D-3 in young children has resulted in signs of overdose." (one gallon of milk contains 1600 IU, or 40 micrograms). Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com -------------------THE NOTMILK NEWSLETTER:SUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email to-notmilk- UNSUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email

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i love robert cohen. but this article sounded a little

weird.

 

*yes* vitamin d is used as rat poison:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_poison

 

but it doesn't look like " normal " amounts are

poisonous:

 

http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/features/vitaminD.html

 

also, it looks like the d3 used in lots of foods (and

particularly milk products) is animal derived, mostly from lanolin in

sheep's wool or, er, " slaughterhouse byproducts " :

 

http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/harris_vitamin_d3.htm

 

i'd say just eat your shitaki mushrooms and you'll be fine.

 

blake

 

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It's The Law - Rat Poison Must Be Added to

Milk

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i knew this sounded like baloney:

 

the CFR doesn't require that vitamin d be added to milk.

it says that IF its added (meaning its optional), you have to add 400

units and you have to label it as such:

 

TITLE

21--FOOD AND DRUGS

 

CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN

SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 131--MILK AND CREAM--Table of Contents

 

Subpart B--Requirements for Specific Standardized

Milk and Cream

 

Sec. 131.110 Milk.

 

 

(a) Description. Milk is the lacteal secretion,

practically free

from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more

healthy

cows. Milk that is in final package form for beverage use shall

have

been pasteurized or ultrapasteurized, and shall contain not less

than

8\1/4\ percent milk solids not fat and not less than 3\1/4\

percent

milkfat. Milk may have been adjusted by separating part of the

milkfat

therefrom, or by adding thereto cream, concentrated milk, dry

whole

milk, skim milk, concentrated skim milk, or nonfat dry milk. Milk may

be

homogenized.

(b) Vitamin addition (Optional). (1) If added,

vitamin A shall be

present in such quantity that each quart of the food contains not

less

than 2000 International Units thereof within limits of good

manufacturing practice.

(2) If added, vitamin D shall

be present in such quantity that each

quart of the food contains 400 International Units thereof within

limits

of

good manufacturing practice.

 

and

 

(1)

The following terms shall accompany the name of the food

wherever it appears on the principal display panel or panels of

the

label in letters not less than one-half the height of the letters

used

in such name:

(i) If vitamins are added, the phrase ``vitamin A''

or ``vitamin A

added'', or ``vitamin D'' or ``vitamin D added'', or ``vitamin A and

D''

or ``vitamins A and D added'', as is appropriate. The word

``vitamin''

may be abbreviated ``vit.''.

 

and

 

(f)

Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food

shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections

of

parts 101

and 130 of this chapter.

 

so sure, vitamin d is bogus and milk sucks, but scary articles

that misquote the law like this sound like propaganda and bad

research.

 

regards,

 

blake

 

 

 

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Assunto: NOTMILK - Rat Poison Must Be Added to Milk BY LAW

 

It's The Law - Rat Poison Must Be Added to Milk

 

In 1932, Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations required

that 400 units of rat poison be added to every quart of

milk sold in America.

[Guest guest]

wow. i cc'd my response on this rather non-issue to robert cohen,

and check out his reply! angry guy!

 

Why is it that I meet so many vegan schmucks like

you?

I mean...I would expect meat eaters to be

sarcastic

no-nothing idiots, but wise-guy comments from

morons

are not appreciated.

 

Do a google search and you will find that

it is a law, not commndment or a

suggestion.

 

REFERENCES:

 

Cannell John J. and Reinhold Vieth, et al. “Epidemic

Influenza and Vitamin D.” Epidemiology and Infection 134

(2006): 1129-40.

Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus,

Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride (1997), Food and Nutrition

Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of

Sciences.

Heaney, Robert P. “Barriers to Optimizing Vitamin D3

Intake for the Elderly.” Journal of Nutrition 136

(2006):1123-5.

Heaney, Robert P. “The Vitamin D Requirement in Health

and Disease.” The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry & Molecular

Biology 97 (2005):13-9.

Holick, Michael F. “Vitamin D: The Underappreciated

D-lightful Hormone that Is Important for Skeletal and Cellular

Health.” Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes 9

(2002): 87-98.

Steingrimsdottir, Laufey, et al. “Relationship Between

Serum Parathyroid Hormone Levels, Vitamin D Sufficiency, and Calcium

Intake.” Journal of the American Medical Association 294

(2005): 2336-41.