https://www.livekindly.co/12000-doctors-call-out-government-pushing-dairy-sales/
Further exploration of the link between government and industry, in this case as it relates to the diary industry. Specifically relates to activities in the US, but it’s not a stretch to assume that the same thing is happening in Canada and other countries, to the same extent. Even negative government intervention, though, is not stopping momentum towards plant-based eating – imagine how quickly things would change with positive government intervention! 🙂
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The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has condemned the U.S. government for increasing servings of cheese at fast food outlets, a new report revealed. The organization, which is made up of 12,000 doctor members, spoke out specifically about the government’s partnership with Pizza Hut. The collaboration will see 25% more cheese added to pizzas in 6,000 locations across America, and according to the committee, will put the health of the public at risk.
The committee believes the decision is an effort to improve dairy farm income, as the changes will see an additional 150 million pounds of milk being used to produce the cheese.
PCRM named the partnerships, specifically the collaboration with Pizza Hut, as a “ploy to shore up the sinking dairy industry”.
“Cheese intake went really through the roof and it’s still going up,” Barnard explained. It was pointed out that in 1909, the average American ate 4 pounds of cheese annually. In contrast, the average American today consumes 35 pounds of cheese every year.
However, it has been suggested that the growing popularity of veganism may deter consumers from cheese, regardless of government involvement. In fact, the rise in veganism was named a “market restraint” of the dairy cheese industry.
Recent research shows almost 30% of people in the UK want to give up cheese and dairy milk in 2018.
