[getsmart-l] Be Aware/Be Wary - "China" Wal-Mart" and chocolate milk

[John O'Gorman]

http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=27741&mid=188544#M188544

It was confirmed in the Ontario farm press (Ontario Farmer, Ian Cummings) - that Wal-mart stores here in Canada are selling cartons of chocolate milk labelled "product of China" . 

Chocolate and other flavoured milks come into Canada exempt from the high tariff walls for "real" dairy products imposed by our supply-managed/quota system. Last Christmas I noticed egg-nog selling in discount stores for considerably less the price of whole milk, likely from the states, but who knows, perhaps the "modified milk ingredients" on the ingredients label are actually milk protein concentrates originating in India from water buffalo, where the usual method of milking is to squeeze the tits by hand. One of largest dairy processors in the states is figuring out a way to sell this stuff in cartons and to pass it off to consumers as milk. 

What do you have in your supermarket : "Milk" or "not really milk"? 

Who would bet that major food companies are researching ways to synthesize proteins and lactose on an industrial scale? Will your supermarket carry the "cowless milk" of the future?

Edited by BrentOntario 8/16/2007 23:50


http://www.nestle.com/MediaCenter/PressReleases/AllPressReleases/Nestl%C3%A9_opens_new_milk_factory_in_China.htm

Nestlé opens new milk factory in China 
Vevey, July 5, 2007 

Nestlé today inaugurated a new state-of-the-art milk factory in Erguna, near Hulunbeir, in the Chinese Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The ceremony took place in the presence of the regional authorities and Mr. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman and CEO of the Nestlé Group.

Since the Nestlé Group began investing in China two decades ago, the Company has opened 21 factories in 18 different sites across the country and today employs about 13,000 people. In 2006, Nestlé had sales of CHF 1.9 billion in China. 

The new milk powder factory is situated in an area of high-quality natural grasslands and will help Nestlé to cope with increasing consumer demand for the Company's milk products. Today, Nestlé buys fresh milk from some 40,000 Chinese farmers and provides them with an overall regular income of around CHF 500,000 per day, fostering a rural sustainable development for the communities concerned. At least 200,000 people benefit directly and indirectly from Nestlé’s milk activities in China. In addition to being a reliable and regular buyer of fresh milk, Nestlé has provided daily technical assistance to the farmers over the last 20 years, helping them to increase the quality, quantity and efficiency of their fresh milk production.

Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe said: "I am proud of this pioneering new investment that we have made in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and I want to express my gratitude to the authorities, both at national and local level, for their continuous support and fruitful cooperation."



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