Milk

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Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Dairy milk is an important part of a healthy diet for everyone.
- Pro 2: Dairy milk is an easy, nutritional drink that is available almost everywhere.
- Pro 3: Dairy milk protects against disease and other health problems in older adults.
Cons
- Con 1: Humans do not need to consume dairy milk to be healthy.
- Con 2: Dairy milk is bad for the environment.
- Con 3: Dairy milk is bad for human health.
How Milk Gets from the Cow to the Store
- Step One: Rearing
- Step Two: Harvesting
- Step Three: Storing
- Step Four: Transportation
- Step Five: Lab Testing
- Step Seven: Packaging
- Step Eight: Selling
State-by-State Raw Milk Laws
Calcium Content in Select Foods
Historical Timeline
- 8000 BC-63 BC
  - 8000 BC - Origins of the Domestic Cow
  - 4000 BC - Early Evidence of Milking Cattle in Neolithic Britain
  - 3000 BC - Evidence of Dairy Cows Playing a Major Role in Ancient Sumerian Civilization
  - 3100 BC - The Domesticated Cow Appears in Ancient Egyptian Civilization
  - 2000 BC - The Domesticated Cow Appears in Northern Indian Vedic Civilization
  - 1700-63 BC - Milk in Ancient Hebrew Civilization and the Bible
- 1525-1776
  - 1525 - The First Cattle Brought to the Americas Arrive at Vera Cruz, Mexico
  - 1624 - The First Cattle Brought to New England Arrive at Plymouth Colony
  - 1679-1776 - Milk and the Spanish California Missions
- 1800-1899
  - Early 1800s - Milk Maids and the Compulsory Smallpox Vaccine in the United States
  - 1840-1920s - Milk Production and Distillery Dairies in the United States
  - 1822-1895 - The Process of Pasteurization is Developed by Louis Pasteur
  - Mar. 23, 1883 - The New York Milk War
  - 1884 - First Glass Milk Bottles Patented
  - 1893 - Dr. Henry L. Coit Forms the Medical Milk Commission to Certify Raw Milk
  - 1895 - Commercial Pasteurization of Milk Begins
  - 1899 - Milk Homogenizer Is Patented
- 1900-1949
  - 1913 - Typhoid Epidemic in New York City
  - 1914 - The First Milk Tanker Trucks Are Introduced
  - 1917 - Mandatory Pasteurization of Milk Begins
  - 1922 - Capper-Volstead Act Passed
  - 1933 - Sioux City Milk War
  - 1937 - First Milk Marketing Orders Initiated
  - Aug. 28, 1939 - Dairy Farmers Union Strike
  - June 4, 1940 - First Federal Milk Program for Schools
  - 1940s - Federally Subsidized Milk Advertising under the Works Progress Administration
  - 1946 - National School Lunch Act Passed
- 1950-1999
  - 1950s-1960s - Square Milk Carton Introduced
  - Oct. 11, 1966 - Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Special Milk Program
  - 1974 - Nutrition Labeling of Fluid Milk Begins
  - 1983 - Dairy Act of 1983 and the Creation of the National Dairy Board
  - 1990 - Fluid Milk Promotion Act
  - 1992 - First USDA Food Pyramid Is Released
  - 1993 - "Got Milk?" Advertising Campaign Launched
  - Nov. 5, 1993 - Artificial Bovine Growth Hormone Approved by FDA
  - 1994 - Protests against Artificial Bovine Growth Hormone Ensue
  - 1994 - FDA Issues rBST Labeling Guidelines
  - 1995 - Dairy Management, Inc. (DMI) Formed
  - 1995 - "Got Milk?" Barbie Released
  - 1997 - Harvard Study on Milk and Bone Health Released
  - 1998 - National Raw Milk Campaign Initiated
- 2000-present
  - Dec. 2001 - Merger Forms Largest US Dairy Producer
  - Dec. 2002 - PETA Files False Advertising Lawsuit against the California Milk Board
  - Jan. 5, 2004 - Dean Foods Acquires Horizon Organic
  - 2004 - Milk and Weight Loss Ad Campaign Initiated
  - 2005 - Organic Milk’s Popularity Continues to Grow
  - 2005 - USDA Dietary Guidelines Released
  - Oct. 2005 - Physicians Group Files Lawsuit Demanding Lactose Intolerance Warnings on Milk
  - 2007 - Japanese Man Creates Beer from Milk
  - 2007 - Milk and Weight-Loss Claims Withdrawn
  - Apr. 16, 2007 - Nation’s Largest Organic Dairy Violates Organic Rules
  - Aug. 21, 2007 - FTC Affirms the Legality of ‘rBST Free’ Labels on Milk
  - 2007-2008 - China’s Tainted Milk Scandal
  - Jan. 8, 2008 - FDA Approves Cloned Milk for Human Consumption
  - Aug. 3, 2011 - Market in Venice, CA Raided by Police for Selling Raw Milk; Three Arrested
  - Mar. 2012 - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Release Report on Dangers of Raw Milk
  - Feb. 24, 2014 - "Got Milk?" Advertising Campaign Dropped, Replaced with "Milk Life"
  - 2015 - US Sales of Dairy Milk Fall as Non-Dairy Milk Sales Rise
  - June 1, 2016 - Australian Regulators Approve Cold-Pressure Processing as Alternative to Pasteurization
  - Sep. 25, 2019 - Milk Residue Found in Prehistoric Baby Bottles
  - Jan. 6, 2020 - Two Largest American Dairy Companies File for Bankruptcy
  - Apr. 2020 - Dairy Farmers to Dump up to 3.7 Million Gallons of Milk per Day Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
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