Dairy

The Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute has filed a formal legal complaint in an attempt to halt the USDA from allowing factory farms producing organic milk from bringing conventional dairy cattle onto their farms. The organization claims the practice places family-scale farmers at a competitive disadvantage, and is explicitly prohibited in the federal regulations governing the organic industry. …

The International Dairy Federation last week released “The World Dairy Situation 2010” report at the World Dairy Summit in Auckland, New Zealand. Highlights from this annual report include many details about world trends in milk production, processing, trade and consumption, as well as farm milk and wholesale dairy product prices. This year’s version includes new chapters, including one on the leading dairy companies by region of the world. …

Though Thanksgiving traditionally is a holiday of pies, a creamy, sweet and crunchy creme brulee essentially a candy-coated custard is an appealing way to shake things up. …

Earlier this year, an outbreak of salmonella caused by infected eggs resulted in thousands of illnesses before a costly recall could be implemented. Now, University of Missouri researchers have created a new test for salmonella in poultry and eggs that will produce faster and more accurate results than most currently available tests. The new test could have prevented the contaminated eggs from being shipped to stores. …

Sports drinks like Gatorade and many others have long been used after intense workouts, especially by strength trainers, to help their muscles recover. …