Wisconsin Senator Puts The Squeeze On Almond Milk With Her 'Dairy Pride Act'

Sen. Tammy Baldwin will fight for milk until the cows come home. Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, otherwise known as America’s Dairyland, introduced the Dairy Pride Act on Thursday to fight back “against non-dairy products that are mislabeled as milk, yogurt and cheese,” a practice Baldwin says “hurts our dairy farmers.” Passage of the bill would mean all nondairy items now labeled as some form of dairy product, including the health-conscious community’s beloved almond milk, would need to undergo name changes. Plant-based cheddar-like nondairy brick? Mislabeling of plant-based products as ‘milk’ hurts our #GrownInWI dairy farmers. Taking a stand for #WIAg economy. https://t.co/X9Ng4F5Dwe pic.twitter.com/tQ0HbTQzvP— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) January 12, 2017 The bill would support American dairy businesses and “protect the integrity of milk” by enforcing label restrictions on nondairy options to milk, yogurt and cheese. Though Food and Drug Administration regulations define dairy products as coming from dairy animals, alternatives remain on the market, often labeled using dairy-specific terms. Baldwin’s bill targets those products. “Imitation products have gotten away with using dairy’s good name for their own benefit,” the act states. Still, there’s growing evidence that American consumers are loving their options, despite dairy’s good name. Almond milk sales...
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