Posted on 02/25/2023 5:36:47 PM PST 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 The FDA said in its draft guidance that the "milk" label is "strongly rooted in consumers' vocabulary when describing and talking about plant-based milk alternatives."
Baldwin slammed the ruling on Wednesday. "I took a stand for Wisconsin dairy farmers by calling out [the FDA's] guidance allowing plant-based products to be labeled as 'milk'," she wrote on Twitter. "This misguided act hurts our farmers & we must protect the integrity of dairy products."
Posting a dictionary definition of milk as "an opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young," Baldwin wrote, "If you're wondering, the definition of milk hasn’t changed."
Wisconsin in 2021 led all states in number of dairy farms, with 23% of the U.S. total, and produced 14% of the national milk supply, which ranked second to California.
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This controversy is ridiculous.
Oat, Almond and cashew milk is already labeled as such.
If you want to do the population a favor, ban soy products in the food chain. Soy estrogen is poison. In small amounts its harmless, and that’s the argument that’s used to justify it.
If you eat any processed foods, fast foods, etc. - you’re getting a dose of soy phytoestrogen. The cumulative effect? Look around at the crazy among us.
I saw what you did there.
Funny but also a little disgusting.
Yesterday, Fox News said fake milk would be required to post that they have less nutrients than milk for protein, calcium, and vitamins. Big posts or notices.
Remember it well, kneading that yellow dot into that lard was a pain in the ass!
Doesn’t Milf stand for a sex thing? How about kinda-milk or near-milk? I’ve only tasted soy milk, which didn’t taste very good. I have no idea why there are so many commercials for fake milk nowadays. It is like people giving up flour. WTF? There’s something else; I think lots of people claim they’re allergic to flour now. I don’t believe it. People are so weird about food now, plus so fat. Why don’t they just eat healthy: whole grains, lots of vegetables, cut down on fats and sugar. The
I saw a sticker on a truck today....
MILF - Man I Love Fishing
Made me Laugh
Sadly, I’m reduced to almond milk.
Diabetes and such, in my case, don’t respond well to proper milk. Lactose is sugar like any other.
For some reason lactose-free milk (very common in Spain, “sin lactosa”) also makes my blood sugar spike.
Meat and seafood soon to follow.
It was called “Taylor Bam back in ‘79-‘80 when I worked in a LI Deli.
Taylor HAM dammit.
Honorary.
The product is consumed, in the first instance, substantially solely within a relatively small radius from the geographic center of New Jersey including NYC/LI and Philly, and, otherwise, by whoever has eaten it at least once, and, forever thereafter jonesing for it, has had it shipped to whatever far flung place they ended up roaming to.
Beyond that, maybe also in some places in Florida with high numbers of ex-NJ people living there.
That’s about it. Funny, right?
Ahh...a Northern NJ connoisseur.
You’ll be happy to know former NJ governor Chris Christie agrees with you.
The Legal World ($$$$$) vs. The Real World
Like the current usage of "Based". Trans-words is a currant fad.
Democrats cannot determine who is a man or woman.
Now they cannot tell what is milk.
That it is. -OGINJ
Why is America being driven to embrace fake food?
Should be labeled juice.
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