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Article: Wisconsin Investigators Find No Illegal Use Of Milk Protein by Cheesemakers.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- March 9, 2001
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By Deborah Kades, The Wisconsin State Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 9--State investigations have not found any illegal use of milk protein concentrates by Wisconsin cheesemakers, said Ben Brancel, Wisconsin's secretary of agriculture.
Brancel's disclosure comes as the federal government released a study showing that imports of powdered milk protein concentrates soared to more than 120 million pounds in 1999, posing a threat to the market for domestic milk.
With dairy prices at near-record lows, dairy farmers are concerned that demand for their milk is being reduced by powdered milk protein concentrate imported from the ...