Milk does a body good — and that's why schools nationwide are scrambling for options to ensure students don't miss a precious drop during a paper carton shortage.

Is a puffed box a red flag for milk gone bad? The answer is, well, it's complicated. A bloated milk carton could be totally harmless, or it could be a sign of spoilage.

Julia Galliker learned out of the blue that there was a problem with milk carton supplies. The milk that goes in the cartons was perfectly fine. The problem is with the packaging its sold in ...

Many school districts in the U.S. are unable to obtain milk in half pints for their school meal programs due to the shortage of paper milk cartons.

Yes, you can recycle those milk carton spouts -- but not those butter boxes. Updated: Jan. 28, ... So too are "gable-top" boxes (the peaked ones that milk and orange juice come in).