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How ethical are products labeled "Maine Quality Trademark Seal"'s Health and Safety practices?
Title: Protecting us from hormones is probably healthy.
Consumer Interest: Health and Safety (change)
"The Maine Quality Trademark is a highly meaningful label. The MQT label indicates that the product was produced in the state of Maine although in the case of milk, that only 80% came from Maine. The MQT label also means that maximum grade and quality standards were exceeded.
For milk in particular, this label further indicates to consumers that the milk was produced from cows that were raised without the use of the genetically engineered hormone, rbGH. FDA approved the use of rbGH in milk production in 1993. However, Canada declined to approve the use of rbGH in dairy animals based on animal health concerns (e.g. increased risk of udder infections, lameness and reproductive problems in rbGH treated cows). The European Union has also declined to approve the use of rbGH in dairy animals and cites possible health effects in humans in addition to the health effects in treated animals."