Just The News ^ | February 23, 2023 | Staff
Posted on 2/25/2023, 7:36:47 PM by Twotone
Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Thursday slammed the Food and Drug Administration for its ruling in favor of plant-based milk substitutes, signaling conflict ahead between the agency and a lawmaker representing the state synonymous with dairy farming.
The FDA ruled this week that U.S. manufacturers will be able to continue calling certain liquids “milk” even though they come from plant-based sources such as almonds and soy.
The ruling came over the protests of dairy farmers who seek to reserve the designation “milk” for true milk. The FDA said in its draft guidance that the “milk” label is “strongly rooted in consumers’ vocabulary when describing and talking about plant-based milk alternatives.” ...
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