Major retailers join forces with UK dairy farmers to trial methane-reducing feed additives
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The active substance of Bovaer is 3-NOP.
Mh, seems that it's being used for a while now in meat exporting countries. Seems to be toxic stuff, although they try to say the opposite of course.
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6905
"Systemic exposure or site of contact toxicity for the active substance 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP), for which genotoxicity has not been fully clarified, in the target species, is unlikely based on ADME data available.""The FEEDAP Panel concluded that the active substance 3-NOP may be harmful if inhaled. It is irritant (but not corrosive) to skin, irritant to the eyes but it is not a skin sensitiser. As the genotoxicity of 3-NOP is not completely elucidated, the exposure through inhalation of the additive may represent an additional risk for the user."
The Wiki article is just a pure ad
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Probably some of us have already eaten this stuff.....
From wiki:
"3-NOP has been commercialised as a methane inhibitor for production animals. Bovaer
is a feed additive manufactured by DSM for cattle that claims to reduce methane emission from dairy and beef cattle by 30% and 45% respectively.[3] It consists of silicon dioxide (60% w/w), propylene glycol, and 3-nitrooxypropanol (10% w/w).[4]
In 2021 Bovaer has been approved as a feed additive in Brazil, one of the world's largest meat exporters and also Chile.[5] In 2022, it was approved for use on dairy cows in the EU.[6][7] Recently in 2024, Bovaer has been approved in Canada as a cattle nutrition feed additive.
On April 27th 2022 DSM and Elanco Animal Health Inc. announced a strategic alliance where Elanco would gain exclusive licensing rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Bovaer in U.S.A.[8]
On June 8th 2023 Elanco US Inc requested a consultation with the CVM group of the US FDA to evaluate the drug status of Bovaer for use a methane inhibitor in dairy cows. On May 24th 2024 the FDA reported that they had finished evaluating safety and efficacy data for Bovaer.[4] They concluded the product did reduce methane production when used as labelled and is expected to pose a low risk to animals and humans under the conditions of its sale. For the US FDA Bovaer remains an unapproved drug with specific conditions on manufacturing standards and adverse event reporting."....
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@natureman said in Major retailers join forces with UK dairy farmers to trial methane-reducing feed additives:
It has to be really bad if even FDA doesn't approve it..........
I'm going to pretend I didn't read that
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Lovely, can't wait to be consuming yet another toxin
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Outside of the subsidized and corporately-connected farmers "volunteering" to trial this in Britain, I don't think there is (barring government mandates to reduce methane from beef/dairy farms) an obvious material incentive for beef/dairy farmers to buy and use this product.
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@the_black_jew I agree with your point but unfortunately Arla has huge reach and a lot of dairy products and milk come from them in the UK even if the label doesn't specifically say Arla on it.
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@the_black_jew probably subsidies will come for saving the environment from the evil cows causing global warming
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@Milk-Destroyer said in Major retailers join forces with UK dairy farmers to trial methane-reducing feed additives:
@the_black_jew I agree with your point but unfortunately Arla has huge reach and a lot of dairy products and milk come from them in the UK even if the label doesn't specifically say Arla on it.
idk MD labelling legislation's pretty tight and corp structure pretty transparent here. Check your subsidiary or distributor for connections. Existing Arla/Muller enjoyers probably won't and beside price that's the point. And half of those people are immovable for some reason, they could eat uranium like Galen Winsor and outlive peat.
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Organic dairy should be safe for now, see end of the article: https://off-guardian.org/2024/11/28/major-dairy-supplier-to-trial-potentially-toxic-low-emission-cow-feed/
Of course, we can never know whether it won't simply be ignored.
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@Milk-Destroyer said in Major retailers join forces with UK dairy farmers to trial methane-reducing feed additives:
Arla has huge reach and a lot of dairy products and milk come from them in the UK even if the label doesn't specifically say Arla on it
Here's an extensive list of brands and partnerships
with Arla. They apparently supply all own-label dairy products!https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1053335763196204&id=100055593713673
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@wrl Wow. They pretty much supply every supermarket milk. Looks like I'll need to spend a little bit more on milk from now on.
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@Milk-Destroyer
Seems like its used for cows only? So goats dairy...
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@wrl I might have to start doing bulk orders of goat milk online then or something because the only goat milk I tried and could stomach was Waitrose own. I tried the St Helens Farm goat milk, which seems to be the bigger goat milk brand in my area, and it tasted so bad I couldn't finish it. I have no idea what they do to the goats at St Helen Farm but their milk is awful.
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@wrl Do you know what shops have it because I think I've seen it once but can't remember where? I've had their UHT cow's milk in the past and really liked it.
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You may want to verify that before you lose your shit.
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@ThinPicking Sorry it seems I am jumping to conclusions. I guess I am feeling attacked right now. I'm looking and it seems both Waitrose and Sainsbury's private label milks switched to Muller in the last couple years! Asda is the most advertised as being Arla supplied but I suspect Lidl, Aldi and Tesco also have Arla milk or Arla - Muller mix.
Graham's milk seems to be out of Arla's influence? Perhaps this will be a better option as I've noticed more supermarkets stocking their products in the last year.
https://news.arlafoods.co.uk/news/tesco-and-arla-launch-groundbreaking-sustainability-partnership It seems however Muller has a similar deal with Arla for this additive use but in this article only lists Tesco.
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@Milk-Destroyer said in Major retailers join forces with UK dairy farmers to trial methane-reducing feed additives:
I guess I am feeling attacked right now.
This is probably more toxic than 3-NOP.
