Wal-Mart milk to have no artificial growth hormones

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Wal-Mart milk to have no artificial growth hormones

Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:22am EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2043485820080321

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Thursday that its

private-label Great Value milk is now being sourced only from cows that

have not been treated with artificial growth hormones, such as

recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST).

The retailer said its Sam's Club chain also is offering milk selections

from suppliers that have pledged not to treat cows with rbST.

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that milk from cows

treated with rbST poses no risk to human health, Wal-Mart said it made

the change in response to customer demand.

(Reporting by Baertlein; editing by Carol Bishopric)

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