Almond drink? Almond beverage? Almond-ade? Big Dairy doesn't care what you call it, as long as you don't call it milk.
just 1 gram of protein. What a ripoff, the logic goes, one that could supposedly contribute to a nutritional crisis.a draft policy regarding the “labeling of plant-based milk alternatives” to the Office of Management and Budget, which must approve rule changes. While the document has not been made public, the FDA would likely not have filed it without intending to change the status quo.
These answers must have delighted several of the assembled dairy-state senators, including Democrati senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Republican senator Mike Crapo of Idaho, cosponsors of the 2021 “Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, milk, and cheese to Promote Regular Intake of Dairy Everyday
,” which would force the FDA to crack down on plant-based alternative companies that were labeling their products “milk.”Senator Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, expressed surprise that the FDA would place such a priority on tweaking names of popular beverages at a time when the agency has come under scathing criticism for neglecting the food part of its mandate.
An official high up in the agency essentially agreed with her critique, Bottemiller Evich reports. The agency has “too many programs and not enough resources,” Janet Woodcock, FDA’s principal deputy commissioner, told her, “and the mismatch is profound.” As for the food division, it’s “really important, but it’s very under-resourced.”
And yet the FDA has apparently found time to intervene on behalf of the dairy industry to deliver one of its main lobbying goals. “For too long the FDA has failed to take action to address the nutrition crisis we are facing in our country,” Booker said, referring to