Series: Background and Research Materials

Subseries: Consumer organizations

Consumers Union (CU)

Press releases, 1990-1995

Hansen, Michael K.

BGH detection test, post 1991, 1994

“Biotechnology & Milk: Benefit or Threat? An Analysis of Issues Related to bGH/bST Use in the Dairy Industry”: report, 1990
Note: See also “Consumers Union report monitoring” under NDB.

Correspondence, testimony, 1993 March-May, 1998 December 14

Memo, 1992 December?

Consumers United for Food Safety (CUFFS), 1991, 1993

London Food Commission

“Bovine Somatotropin: A Product in Search of a Market”: report, 1988 April

National Women's Health Network (NWHN)

“How the F.D.A. Determines the 'Safety' of Drugs-Just How Safe is 'Safe'?”: report / by Doris Haire, 1984

New York State Consumer Protection Board, 1994

Subseries: Dairy and food industry

Company research, 1989

Dairy cooperatives

Correspondence, 1989-1993

Dairy Industry Coalition

60 Minutes mailing, 1990 June 6

Dairy News and Information Center (DNIC)

BST and Milk Safety spokesperson kit, circa 1991

Press kit, 1990 October 26

Press release, news clippings, 1990 July-August

Replies to information requests, 1990

Statement on CU study (“Biotechnology & Milk”), 1990-1991

Kaufman Public Relations

General, 1989-1991

Invoices, 1989-1990

Koop, C. Everett, 1991, 1994

Request for proposals, 1989-1990

Edelman, 1989 October 31

Porter/Novelli, 1989 December 22

Update memo, 1995 September 22

Food Marketing Institute (FMI), 1988-1989, 1993-1994

Food Safety Steering Committee, 1990-1992
Scope and Content Note: Includes correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, issues anticipation and analysis prepared for the National Dairy and Promotion Board, fact sheets, and other promotional materials.

International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)

Tipton, E. Linwood, labeling, 1991-1994, undated

Milk Industry Foundation (MIF)

Resolution on biotechnology and BST, 1989-1991

National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)

General, 1989

Fax packet, John Stauber to Roger O'Neil, 1993?

United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA)

1989 annual report, 1990

Annual meeting (September 17-18, 1992) materials, 1992

BST public relations letter, 1987, 1990

Nutrition Education Review Committee, 1990

Presentation on consumers and BST, 1990 February 19

Subseries: Federal departments and agencies

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Correspondence, 1990

Government Accounting Office (GAO) report recommendations, 1993 January-March

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

BGH approval, 1993 November 5

Burroughs, Richard, DVM (former FDA official)

General, 1990, 1993

Correspondence, 1993-1994
Note: Includes 1993 correspondence regarding March 31, 1993 presentation to CVM advisory committee on mastitis and BGH, and 1994 testimony to Canadian parliament.

Leaks, 1991-1992

Committee on Government Operations (CGO)

“Human Food Safety and the Regulation of Animal Drugs,” 1985

Correspondence, 1986-1989, 1994

Juskevich, Judith C. and C. Greg Guyer

“Bovine Growth Hormone: Human Food Safety Evaluation”
Note: Paper, January 5, 1990; and offprint of journal article published in Science, August 24, 1990.

Labeling

General, 1990-1994

rBGH-free guidelines, 1994 February-March

Leaks, 1982-1991

Miller, Mary-Alice, Dr., Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), 1990, 1994 February-March

Public advisory committee meeting regarding effects of bST, 1993 March 31

“Talk Paper” regarding BST review, 1989 August 4

Warning to Monsanto regarding bST promotion, 1991 January-February

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bovine Somatotropin Technology Assessment Conference (BST TAC) (December 5-7, 1990)

Additional studies (post conference)

Lilly, Eli, 1990 December 17

Monsanto, 1990 December 19

Bovine somatotropin bibliography (January 1985-October 1990: 1097 citations), 1990

No. 90-13

Conference version

Conference statement, 1990 December 12

Correspondence

General, 1990 July-November

With Samuel Epstein, M.D., 1990 August-November

Program and presentation abstracts, 1990 December 5-7

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

AG a.m. news summary, 1991

Correspondence

Regarding bST, 1990-1992

Yeutter, Clayton, Secretary of Agriculture

Regarding European Commission and bST, 1989-1991

With Monsanto officials, 1990

With Senator Patrick Leahy regarding California Biotechnology Action Council, 1989-1990

Dairy Division weekly reports, 1986-1990

Economic Research Service (ERS)

bST study reports, 1987, 1989?

Extension Service

“Consumer Attitudes about the Use of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food Production” / Dr. Thomas J. Hoban and Dr. Patricia A. Kendall: report, 1992 July

National Invitational Workshop on Bovine Somatotropin program guide, 1987 September 21-23

Hess, Charles E., Dr., speeches given at biotechnology events, 1990 June 1, 6

Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress

Smith, Stewart, Dr., “Is There Farming in Agriculture's Future? The Impact of Biotechnology”: presentation, revised 1992 October 21

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDPRB/NDB)

Annual report financial statements, 1989 April 30, 1990 April 30

Annual report (1992) responses, 1993

Audit reports, 1992

BGH memo, Board responses, 1986 October 27

California, 1987-1990, 1994, undated

Child, Julia, American Institute of Wine and Food (AIWF) contracts, 1990-1992

Hoard's Dairyman articles, 1992

Collusion between NDB and AHI, 1988-1990

Consumers Union report monitoring, 1990-1992

Dairy promotion qualified programs

General, 1991

Dairy Council of California, 1990-1992

Dairy Promotion Inc. (Mid-America Dairymen), 1992

Other programs, 1992

Dairyline radio program, 1991-1992

Dairy Research Foundation and Mass Markets controversy, 1990-1991

Dump the National Dairy Board (“Anti-Dumpers”), 1991-1992

Foundation on Economic Trends background materials, circa 1991

FOIA materials

Best of best, 1987-1990

Correspondence, memos, 1990-1992

Important originals (1990 FOIA), 1986-1990
Arrangement of the Materials: Numerical order.

Miscellaneous, 1986-1990

News clippings, 1988-1992, undated

General, 1990-1991

Meeting minutes and materials, 1985-1992
Note: See also NDB meeting, July 24-25, 1990, under Anti-rBGH series.

Memoranda of agreement and contracts

Consulting services, 1991-1992

Dental, 1992 June

Land O'Lakes, 1990-1992

Research Alliance, 1991-1992

Minnesota dairy letter, 1992 March-May

National Cattlemen's Association (NCA) diethylstilbestrol (DES) paper (1977), 1991

News media monitoring, 1989-1990

Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit, 1992 September 21

Officers lists, 1990-1991

Payments to NDB directors, 1990-1992

Program review, 1992 May

Public relations

Carson, Cynthia
Note: Chief Executive Officer.

Correspondence, 1989-1990

Index of BST articles, 1988-1989

Miller, Ernest
Note: Chairman, Industry and Public Relations Committee.

Correspondence regarding Milkweed editorial, 1990

Public Relations Committee

Meeting agendas, 1989-1992

Weiss, Richard B.
Note: Senior Vice-President, public relations.

Correspondence, 1989-1990

Referendum information, 1985-1992

Reports and surveys

“Animal Health & Milk Quality: A Situation Analysis” / Morgan & Meyers, 1991?

“Consumer Reactions to the Use of BST in Dairy Cows”: survey, 1990 April

“Consumer Responses to the Introduction of BST Technology: Devising a Communications Strategy”: final report / Fine, Travis & Associates, 1986 December

Gallup BST survey, 1991 March

Health professionals survey presentation, 1992 July

Research

Memoranda of agreement, contracts

California Dairy Foods Research Center (DFRS), 1990-1992

Cornell University, 1988-1992

Cornell/Northeast DFRS, 1988

Minnesota/South Dakota DFRC, 1990-1992

New England Medical Center, 1990

North Carolina State University, 1992

Northeast DFRC, 1989-1992

Northern California Institute for Research and Education, 1990, 1992

Ohio State University (OSU), R-milk, 1990

Penn State, 1991

University of Arizona, 1991

University of California-Berkeley

Dairy Research Institute of Genetics and Nutrition, 1989-1992

University of California-Davis, 1987

University of Illinois, 1991-1992

University of Maine, 1990-1991

University of Minnesota, 1990

Harlander, Susan, 1988, 1990

University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990, 1992

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990

Other organizations, 1990-1992

Partial list, 1992

Report: Northeast DFRS, 2nd Technical Report, 1992

Responses to bST letters, 1990

Salaries, 1992

State lobbying, 1989-1990

Vendor list, 1990 December 7

New Dairy Technologies Education Committee

Fact sheet set, 1988 July

Fact sheet on milk safety and BST, 1990 February 21

Yeutter, Clayton

Remarks to 1990 U.S. Dairy Forum, 1990 January 19

Subseries: Pharmaceutical companies

American Cyanamid Company

Background articles, 1973-1989

Cow deaths, 1989-1990

Press release, BST facts, 1986, 1988

Animal Health Institute (AHI)

American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) research presentations, 1988

Annual meeting presentations

BST and Europe, 1989 May 1

Guest, Gerald B., DVM, 1989 May, 1992 May

BST Public Information Program, 1987-1990

BST media coverage, 1988-1989

BST publication, 1988, 1990

BST Public Information Working Group

Testimony regarding Wisconsin labeling proposal, 1988 September-November
Note: Includes testimony from Wisconsin Farmers Union.

Testimony before the Minnesota Dairy Task Force, 1989 February-March

BST working group and National Milk Producers Federation meeting notes, 1989 May 17, June 2, July 7

Zeppos Remsik public relations

Wisconsin Assembly mailings, 1989

Wisconsin Senate and Assembly mailings, 1989-1990

Grace, W.R. and Company/Agracetus

Background articles, 1976-1989

Lilly, Eli and Company

Background articles, 1979-1992

British BST survey, 1989 June

Elanco study final report, consumer impacts, 1990 August

Monsanto Company

Annual reports, 1989, 1991

Background articles, 1986-1990, 1992

BST ads, 1989, 1990

BST FDA approval memo: draft, undated

BST info packet, circa 1989

BST materials, 1992-1993, undated

BST media kit, 1993

BST study, undated

BST teaching module, 1990-1991

Dioxin, other pollutants, 1974-1991

Epstein, Samuel, response to, 1989?

Focus groups, 1992-1993

International Food Media Conference press kit, 1989 February 5
Note: Susan Harlander presentation: “An Update on Biotechnology and the Food Supply.”

Lawsuits, 1994

Miller, Lee A., Dr. testimony before U.S. House sub-committee, 1986 June 11

Monthly report, 1993 October 12

National Association of Science Writers (NASW) mailing, 1993 November 5

Petition regarding ethoxyquin in animal feed, 1993

Posilac FOIA summary, undated

Posilac label cautions, articles, correspondence, 1993

Press release regarding British BST survey, 1989 January 2

Promotion, 1993

Shaver, Randy and Sharon Brantmeier, 1989

Slaughter of investigational animals, 1990-1992

Sponsored newsletter, 1993 February

Test herds, 1989, undated

UK marketing strategy, 1988

World Dairy Expo information, 1990

Toxic polluters, Citizen Action press release, 1990 May 15

Upjohn Company

Background materials, articles, 1969-1989

Slaughter of investigational animals, 1989-1990

Subseries: Professional and trade associations

American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)

“BST=Bovine Somatotropin: A Safe, More Plentiful Milk Supply,” 1990, 1993

American Medical Association (AMA)

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) articles, editorials (Epstein, Samuel, M.D.), 1990-1991, 1996

Monsanto funded videotape, 1993

Animal Industry Foundation (AIF), 1993 July

Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics (CBPE, Texas A&M University)

“Monsanto Corporation and Bovine Somatotropin: A Case Study in Failed Public Relations”: draft / by Susanna Hornig, 1991 October

Subseries: University agriculture and extension departments

Cornell University

Bauman, Dale, 1986-1989, undated

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Biotechnology staff disclosures, 1992

Dairy Media Day, 1992 May 21

Fost, Norman, human cloning, 1991, 1993

Graf, Truman F.

Presentation to Canadian Agricultural Conference: “Challenge of Technology: the North American Response to BST,” 1989 November 8

Jorgenson, Neal, statement regarding UW BGH research, 1986 June 11

News clippings, 1986-1990

Research agreements

American Cyanamid, 1986-1988

Grace, W.R. and Company, 1984-1988

First, Neal, cow cloning, 1990

Monsanto, 1989

Shalala, Donna (Chancellor)

Wisconsin Open Records request, 1993 January

Shaver, Randy, 1989

Smith, Terry, files, 1989

“Social and Economic Impact of Biotechnology on Wisconsin Agriculture, The”: report / Bruce W. Marion, Robert L. Wills, and L.J. Butler, 1988 May

Chapter 6, “University / Industry Relations”: annotated draft / Jack Kloppenburg Jr. and Daniel Lee Kleinman, 1988 May

Walsh, Leo M.

AHI presentation: “UW Research into BST: An Obligation to Wisconsin Farm Families,” 1987 July 8

Wyse, Roger E., Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)

CALS presentation: “Science, Public Opinion and Public Policy: the University's Role in the BST Controversy,” 1994 March 8