South Africa: Vet vows to pursue claim after losing appeal over packaging on Woolworths milk

The veterinarian who has lost his fight against Woolworths’ rBST “hormone-free” packaging claims before the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has vowed to pursue the matter because he says the restrictions are threatening food security and South Africa’s dairy industry.

Dr Tod Collins, who took the retailer to the ARB in May over its claims that Woolworths milk was free of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBST) — a synthetic version of the naturally occurring BST protein…