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Stop calling almond, soy and rice milks 'milk,' 25 members of Congress say
The Los Angeles Times ^ | December 23, 2016 | Associated Press

Posted on 12/24/2016 5:05:30 AM PST by Trump20162020

Got milk? Twenty-five members of Congress say if it's from soybeans, almond or rice, it should not be labeled as milk.

Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), leading the bipartisan charge against “fake milk,” signed a letter along with other congressional members, asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate and take action against manufacturers of “milk” that doesn't come from cows.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: Idaho; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: almondmilk; congress; dairy; idaho; mikesimpson; milk; peterwelch; vermont
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To: deks

or peanut butter.


101 posted on 12/24/2016 7:17:41 AM PST by muggs (I havenÂ’t seen the Democrats this mad since we freed the slaves!)
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To: Trump20162020

We are too stupid to know it is a different kind of milk.


102 posted on 12/24/2016 7:27:16 AM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Trump20162020

Beverage covers it.


103 posted on 12/24/2016 7:28:43 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Drew68; xp38; Trump20162020

>A first world problem even if you can call it that.

Does not one ‘milk’ (pull/SQUEEZE) the result from XYZ? What’s next? Almond/apple butter can’t be called ‘butter’?

I call it a problem of GOVT; as if lawyers needed any more help F* the English language by splitting hairs.

>
Or a stupid people problem. The dairy industry argues that they’ve found consumers who truly believe that soy, almond, coconut milk, etc. has the same nutritional content as cow’s milk.
>

You can *NEVER* fix stupid (at our current medical prowess. There’s always hope /s).

Does not the product come w/ a LABEL? Easy to compare the two side-by-side.


104 posted on 12/24/2016 7:29:55 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: SoCal Pubbie
But it’s okay to call taxes “investments.”

Only when they are spent on things likely to produce a positive return. Which means seldom.

105 posted on 12/24/2016 7:31:29 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: servantboy777; Trump20162020
How bout Congress get the heck out of the way and stop trying to play nanny to everyone.

What else do they have to do? Congressmen either invent problems to solve or have someone in the private sector bring them problems to solve that are actually schemes to have government supply themselves with advantages over their competition.

Growing government is the primary way that congressmen get reelected. Ask any congressman how he is going to shrink government and chances are you are going to get a non-answer filled with evasive rhetoric.

Republicans are no better than the Democrats in this regard. Remember when GW Bush had majorities in both houses the Republicans expanded government in record breaking rates.

Certainly Republicans talk a better small government plan than the Democrats and have a better governing philosophy but don't expect them to actually do anything to reverse the expansion of government. If you do you will be sorely disappointed.

106 posted on 12/24/2016 7:48:50 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

On the bright side, 25 members of Congress have admitted that they are azzholes!


107 posted on 12/24/2016 7:49:19 AM PST by CdMGuy
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To: Trump20162020

Next on the agenda: is White Chocolate racist?


108 posted on 12/24/2016 7:51:52 AM PST by AF_Blue (I nominate Ted Nugent for Secretary of the Interior.)
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To: Trump20162020

I know why Lynch from Vermont is calling for it, but Idaho? Is Idaho a dairy state? Should Maine say that Idaho potatoes are not the real potatoes? Who cares if it is called milk or juice or xyz, if you need to discuss a problem that is not a problem to 99.9% of Americans, then you did your job of lowering taxes, got the economy moving and report all of the illegals. If you did that, Retire!!


109 posted on 12/24/2016 7:59:28 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: Trump20162020
Fake Movie!!!
110 posted on 12/24/2016 8:06:25 AM PST by Proyecto Anonimo
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To: ASA Vet

There is milk and then there is milk:

img src=”Bier mugs.jpg”

And if this picture post doesn’t work - back to trying to figure it out.


111 posted on 12/24/2016 8:09:32 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: RightInTheMain

Did he get elected to Congress as a liberal? :-) Merry Christmas!


112 posted on 12/24/2016 8:52:02 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: Trump20162020

Make the industry call their products exactly what they are. In this case, “tit excretions” should do it. It removes any ambiguity whatsoever.


113 posted on 12/24/2016 9:01:57 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Carthego delenda est

Very true...


114 posted on 12/24/2016 9:02:12 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: Trump20162020

Non dairy creamer would have to stop using the word cream. Non dairy white oil.

Also your skin creams would be called petroleum skin ointments.


115 posted on 12/24/2016 9:04:32 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: servantboy777

I did think baby almonds sucked the milk from their mother’s almond breasts. I’m glad this explained it to me.


116 posted on 12/24/2016 9:05:35 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: mewzilla

Or the milk of human kindness?


I think you mean “the substitute beverage of human kindness,” don’t you?


117 posted on 12/24/2016 9:06:30 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: paint_your_wagon

Only the very macho drink porcupine milk.


118 posted on 12/24/2016 9:07:47 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: i_robot73

Nothing like a good concentrated peanut butter paste and jelly sandwich.


119 posted on 12/24/2016 9:12:06 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Proyecto Anonimo

I heard Harvey WAS milked. A lot.


120 posted on 12/24/2016 9:12:49 AM PST by Yaelle
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