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RECOMMENDED LINKS Babcock Inst. report on Kerry Ingredients Corp. hard-to-find data on this elusive big-food casein corporation, and Erie Foods Intl. food reconstruction partner of Kerry Ingredients The World of Food Science Latest food corporation news... Casein: The Economics and the Politics pdf
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Casein and the Kerry Group Timeline: Late
1960s: lab scientists discover that casein, a dairy product used in paint,
plastic, and Elmer's glue, can also be used to glue together the various
chemicals of the new lab-created "processed" foods...1970: daughter
and son-in-law of founder of the Erie Casein company take vacation traveling
around Europe in order to find cheap source of casein, and finally find County
Kerry, Ireland...1972: the people of Ireland put up 82% of the
money to set up a casein factory in County Kerry to be owned by a local farmer
co-op and the Erie Casein Co... "What makes cheese different—and presumably more addicting—is that it has much more casein than is found in milk, ice cream, butter or other dairy products. Being drawn to those foods is not a matter of weak willpower but rather the addictive qualities of those foods." Dr. Neal Barnard "Casein peptides react with opiate receptors in the brain, thus mimicking the effects of opiate drugs like heroin and morphine greatplainslaboratory.com
"Casein paint is a quick-drying, aqueous medium using a milk-based binding agent, and is one of the oldest and most durable media known to man. " Lambton College Painting Course List of Nonfood Uses of Casein GOTO Kerry Group Buys Thirty-Two Corporations 2000 - 2004 Casein (pr. "kay-see-in")
"Kerry’s origins date back to 1972 when as a private company, three shareholders; the State owned Dairy Disposal Company, a Federation of eight small farmer Co-operatives in Kerry and the Erie Casein Company Inc. from the US, committed to invest approximately £200,000 to finance a £1 million dairy processing facility in Listowel, Co. Kerry, for the manufacture of milk protein (casein) for export to the USA. Ownership of the company, then known as North Kerry Milk Products Ltd (NKMP) was shared with the Dairy Disposal Company holding 42.5%, the Federation 42.5% and Erie Casein 15%." Kerry Group " {Kerry] acquired the State owned milk processing company and its creameries, together with its 42.5% stake in the private NKMP company for a consideration of €1.5 million. Furthermore, six of the eight independent Co-ops, which held the other 42.5%, were acquired." Kerry Group"The promoters planned to finance the construction as follows:
From Kennelly, J., The Kerry Way: The History of the Kerry Group; Dublin: Oak Tree Press, 2001, p68. Note: * indicates taxpayer source: 39% cash, 25% interest-free govt. loan loan, and 17% govt.-funded ACC loan. Total = 82% "The Government of the day set up a Semi-State Company called 'Dairy Disposal Board' to set up, and operate creameries in the said areas. The idea was, as the name Disposal Board implied, that when these creameries were organised they would be handed back to the farmers, however this did not happen E. O'Riordan." Dairy Disposal Co.
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IN 1971, SOME IN THE IRISH GOVT. WANTED THE KERRY FARMERS' COOP TO PUT UP LARGER SHARE IN STARTUP OF KERRY GROUP: "42. Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if the contributions requested from the concerns who have been endeavouring for the past few years to establish a casein factory in North Kerry have been increased; and, if so, if he will state the increased amount demanded from each concern. Mr. Fahey: The amount of such contributions is not a matter for my Department. Their level is one for decision by the promoters of the factory having regard to the total capital requirements, the amount of industrial grants which may be made available and the amount of borrowing which they may be in a position to arrange Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament) Debate, March 3, 1971." KERRY INC. LETTER, JUNE 2002, OBJECTING TO PROPOSED TARRIFS ON IMPORTS OF CASEIN INTO THE U.S.―"Demand for these high-protein dairy ingredients has been growing over the past decade, yet there is no domestic [US] production of casein and virtually no production of MPC. This is largely due to the economic effects of the U.S. dairy price support program which has guaranteed a market for nonfat dry milk and made it uneconomical to invest in value-added production facilities. Why risk investing in new technologies if you get a good guaranteed price for a lower technology product? http://waysandmeans.house.gov/legacy/trade/107cong/tradebills/hr1786kerry.pdf." GOTO Kerry Group Buys Thirty-Two Corporations in Four Years "Casein peptides react with opiate receptors in the brain, thus mimicking the effects of opiate drugs like heroin and morphine greatplainslaboratory.com." "What makes cheese different—and presumably more addicting—is that it has much more casein than is found in milk, ice cream, butter or other dairy products. Being drawn to those foods is not a matter of weak willpower but rather the addictive qualities of those foods." Dr. Neal Barnard CASEIN-CANCER
LINK?—"Also,
there is some evidence from studies indicating that BETA-CASEIN LINK TO HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES?―"The remarkable agreement between mortality and the consumption of this allele suggests that this factor is worthy of serious consideration as a potential source of cardiovascular disease. Beta-casein A1 consumption also correlates strongly with type 1 diabetes incidence in 0-14-year-olds, suggesting that IHD and diabetes may share at least one causative risk factor PubMed. Feb., 2001." Full Text: www.a2corporation.com/html/pdf/Beta%20casein%20A1%20vs%20IHD%20and%20IDDM.pdfCASEIN LINK TO SCHIZOPHRENIA, AUTISM?―"Dr. Kalle Reichelt of the Institute of Pediatric Research at the University of Oslo in Norway cited over 200 international scholarly sources in a 1996 paper advancing the theory that schizophrenia and related affective disorders are caused by "food constituents (gluten and casein) (that) may have disease-promoting effects and cause behavioral changes."The theory originated in the 1960's with an American, Dr. Curtis Dohan. He put schizophrenics on gluten-free, casein free diets under double blind conditions and got dramatic results. Many of his patients were able to return home from locked mental hospital wards. Reichelt, in Norway, has recently used new methodology to validate Dohan's theory. Reichelt achieved dramatic learning and behavior improvements in autistic children with a gluten-casein free diet source."CASEIN FATTENING?—"Although the apparent digestibility of dietary protein was not different among all groups, that of dietary fat was significantly lower in the SPI and SPI-P groups than in the casein group. Body fat in the rats fed SPI-P diet was significantly lower than in those fed casein soyfoods.com."
GOTO Kerry Group Buys Thirty-Two Corporations in Four Years SECTION 2: MORE HISTORY OF THE KERRY GROUP. "The Government of the day set up a Semi-State Company called 'Dairy Disposal Board' to set up, and operate creameries in the said areas. The idea was, as the name Disposal Board implied, that when these creameries were organised they would be handed back to the farmers, however this did not happen source." 1. Laws Establishing the Dairy Disposal Corp. 2. "The Rise and Fall of the Local Creameries" by Eugene O'Riordan "The idea was, as the name Disposal Board implied, that when these creameries were organised they would be handed back to the farmers, however this did not happen." 3. National Archives of Ireland "The Dairy Disposal Company was responsible for the acquisition from private owners, management, development and disposal to co-operatives of many of the country's creameries and dairy produce factories between 1927 and 1979. The records of the Company in the National Archives include minutes, correspondence files, accounting records and plans. Access: Not generally available for inspection, but may be inspected with the written consent of the Dairying Section of the Department of Agriculture and Food. Finding aid: Draft list of records of the Dairy Disposal Company. Note: see also files of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society. 4. Kerry Group Corporate History "Kerry's origins date back to 1972 when as a private company, three shareholders; the State owned Dairy Disposal Company, a Federation of eight small farmer Co-operatives in Kerry and the Erie Casein Company Inc. from the US, committed to invest approximately €200,000 to finance a €1 million dairy processing facility in Listowel, Co. Kerry, for the manufacture of milk protein (casein) for export to the U.S.A." 5. Erie Foods Intl. Website—"supplies
milk protein ingredients to the food, nutrition,and pharmaceutical industries.
Erie also provides custom processing alternatives in agglomeration, extrusion,
particle coating, and blending. Erie's global presence includes a subsidiary
manufacturing company in Australia, a joint venture food processing company in
India, and a subsidiary marketing company in Paris, France source." 6. Irish Agricultural Cooperatives: An Overview "The first example of a co-operative taking the PLC route in Ireland occurred in June, 1986, when Kerry Co-operative Creameries Ltd. exchanged its assets for a majority shareholding in a public limited company (PLC) as a means of raising finance to assist in acquisitions. Kerry Co-operative received 90 million B ordinary shares. The Kerry Group proceeded to engage in a series of placings of A ordinary shares, which are tradable on the stock exchange, to raise the much needed finance." 7. Kerry Ingredients Corp. "In 30 years the Kerry organisation has grown to become a highly successful public company, providing over 10,000 foods, food ingredients and flavour products through the group's international manufacturing facilities to a wide customer base in eighty countries. Launched as a public company in 1986, Kerry Group plc is listed on the Dublin and London stock markets and has a current market capitalisation of €2.6 billion. Within the last two years, the company has had up to 25 acquisitions, the most recent big Irish acquisition being Golden Vale farmersjournal.ie." "Headquartered in Tralee, County Kerry Ireland, the Kerry Group/PLC (public limited company) is a diversified food ingredients and consumer foods company, which had sales of U.S.$2.6 billion and 12,378 employees in 1998. The firm has operations in Ireland, the UK, the U.S., continental Europe, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, and Malaysia. It produces and markets specialty food ingredients, food coatings, bakery mixes, fruit preparations, flavorings, and proteins and manufactures consumer food products in the dairy, beef, pork, poultry, savory and convenience product sectors. Food Ingredients produced by Kerry Group/PLC include cheese powders, mozzarella cheeseproducts for restaurant chains, doughnut mixes, other batter mixes, bread crumbs, specialty proteins for nutritional diets, flavorings for snack foods, and clouding agents Babcock Institute." IRISH FARMERS RECIEVE INCREASES IN CORPORATE WELFARE FOR CASEIN PRODUCTION― (1) "The casein aid rate was increased by 14%, from €5.86 per tonne to €6.70 per 100kgs at the last dairy management meeting in Brussels. This development has been welcomed by the Irish industry Irish Farmers Journal, May, 2003." (2) "A meeting of the EU Milk Management Committee decided to increase the level of production aid for casein by 33% following strong pressure from Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh and the farm lobby Irish Examiner, May, 2002." (3) "Casein aid has been increased in two steps by 52% Ireland Dept. of Foreign Affairs, July, 2002." 8. Agricultural Credit Corporation (ACC) "ACC Bank, originally established as the Agricultural Credit Corporation, played in supporting the development of Irish agriculture since 1927. Until 1988 the Agricultural Credit Corporation was confined by legislation to providing credit for the agricultural industry. The Agricultural Credit Act, 1988, allowed the corporation to deploy up to 25% of its risk assets outside agriculture and in 1992 the legislation was amended to allow ACC Bank, as it was renamed, to become a fully-fledged bank. The bank has grown considerably over the years. It had a slow start and total lending between 1928 and 1988 amounted to only £7.5 million. The outstanding lending on the balance sheet now amounts to over 2.3 billion or £1.8 billion. It should also be pointed out that the bank is still closely involved in the agricultural sector even though it has expanded its portfolio of products and services over the last ten years. Approximately 20% of its income is derived from lending to the agricultural sector." Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament) Dec., 2001
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