The new trade deal between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada will allow dairy products from the United States to enter Canadian borders and flood food retailer shelves. The only problem is that chemically-altered milk is banned in Canada, while the U.S. supply is full of it. READ ALSO: 5 Reasons Why American Milk Is Potentially Dangerous For Canadians TL;DR The new trade deal will allow for U.S. milk and other dairy products to enter Canada. Although Canada has a ban against adding hormones to cows and their milk, the U.S. does not. This means that chemically-altered milk will be added to grocery stores across the country, despite studies showing the hormones often make the cows sick. It's illegal for farmers to give their cows hormones to increase milk production in Canada. A certain hormone, known as rBST, is injected into cows in the U.S. to raise milk production up by 16%. Although Health Canada has confirmed that rBST poses no risk to humans, there are potential health effects for the cows. View this post on Instagram Types of fats in a cow’s diet . • 100% fats . The most energy dense are the 100% fats, at around 37MJ ME/kg DM. As the name suggests, these consist of fat and nothing else, containing saturated fats with a high melting point. If the melting point is 55°C, for example, compared to a rumen temperature of around 39°C, the fats will pass through the rumen still in their solid state, digested only by the fat-specific enzymes in the small intestine. These fats have little or no impact on palatability, which is particularly important where DMI is near its limits. . • Calcium Soaps . The second main group are known as calcium soap fats, and are produced by combining palm oil with calcium to produce the ‘calcium soap’. The result is a complex that is predominantly indigestible in the rumen, but can still be digested inthe small intestine. . • Other Fats . Finally, there are a number of 50% fat products also on the market, although current pricing means these are generally poorer value than the 100% fats. These 50% fat products usually consist of the fat– often a blend of protected fats and un-protected fats– absorbed onto a fibrous carrier . . . . #holstein #holsteins #dairycow #dairycows#dairyfarmers #dairyfarmer #dairyfarm#jerseycow #dairycattle #bypassfat#animalfeed A post shared by Influx Lipids (@influxlipids) on Sep 30, 2018 at 9:10pm PDT Studies show that cows given rBST had an increased risk of infertility, lameness, breast inflammation, and mastitis. These are the same cows that produce the milk sold in grocery stores that people buy and drink. There's massive controversy over whether or not this milk is actually safe to consume, as you're literally drinking fluids from a sick cow. Unfortunately it may be too late for Canadians to question it. The chemically-altered milk will be hitting our grocery stores very soon. The hormone-filled milk may be difficult to spot when you're at the store, as American dairy producers are not allowed to label their milk "hormone-free." For the most part, it will be a super unnerving guessing game. @esurientesunembedded via One way to play it super safe is to just buy from Canadian producers, who cannot legally give rBST to their cows. Milk that has a blue-and-white Dairy Farmers of Canada logo on it is free of the dangerous chemical. Time will tell how much chemically-altered milk will be entering Canada under the new trade deal, but our guess is a lot. Stay tuned for more information. Source
