Remarkableriots Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/big-dairy-wants-you-to-know-vegan-butter-isn-t-actual-butter/ar-AACZRGg?ocid=AMZN Quote Such dire circumstances have led some in the dairy industry, most notably lobbying groups like the National Milk Producers Federation, to campaign against alternative dairy products—specifically their use of dairy terms on labels. Changing consumer tastes are regularly cited as a chief cause of dairy’s slow demise, but vegan products using labels such as “milk”—or in this case, “butter”—are seen by the milk lobby as misleading consumers to unfairly steal market share. In September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it was “considering approaches to modernize standards of identity” of dairy foods and would be collecting comment from the public. Senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, a Democrat, and Jim Risch of Idaho, a Republican, are pushing the Dairy Pride Act, which would require the FDA to create a system of stricter nationwide enforcement for product labeling and the use of certain words. Under the proposal, labeling something “milk,” for example, must mean the product comes from a “hooved mammal.” A House version has also been introduced by Representative Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, and has 33 cosponsors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 whoaaaaaaaoaooaoaooaoaoaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I'm curious what term they're going to use to fight the dastardly *checks notes* vegans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I'm curious what term they're going to use to fight the dastardly *checks notes* vegans The term "spread" is fine - just like for margarine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I buy parmesan and feta made in Wisconsin. Funny how the dairy industry doesnt care about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Shouldn’t it be called margarine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anathema- Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I still have to preface my saying I like unsweetened almond milk with, "it's not milk. Nothing is milk but milk." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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