How to change vanilla item behaviour / nerfing milk bucket?

[Kombat Kitten]

For the mod I recently started building I'd like to make heavy use of (potion) effects. If all effects could easily be cancelled through the use of a milk bucket, that would be pretty broken. Is there a way to change the behaviour of existing items (in general), or (specifically) make the milk bucket less powerful in any other way?

 

EDIT: I'm currently coding for MC 1.15

Edited March 23, 2020 by Kombat Kitten

[Kombat Kitten]

I have been able to completely prevent the player from drinking milk. This might not be the perfect solution, so please suggest it if you know something better.

 

The code that prevents the player from drinking milk:

@Mod.EventBusSubscriber
public class EventListening {
    @SubscribeEvent
    public static void useItemStart(LivingEntityUseItemEvent.Start e) {
        SpellCrafters.LOGGER.log(Level.DEBUG, "start using item");

        if(e.getItem().getItem() == Items.MILK_BUCKET) {
            SpellCrafters.LOGGER.log(Level.DEBUG, "drinking milk");
            e.setCanceled(true);
        }
    }
}

 

[Kombat Kitten]

That sounds like a good idea, thanks!