Dairy Industry Continuing Pressure on FDA to Regulate Naming

The Dairy Industry again met with the FDA this week to ask why there has been no action on what the industry calls “misleading” labeling of plant-based food and drink.

National Milk Producers Federation CEO Jim Mulhern said the meeting, “allowed us to convey our concern that in the absence of enforcement of existing clear and consistent regulations, well-defined product labels lose their meaning.”

NMPF says they surveyed imitators on the marketplace and that none offer the nine essential nutrients found in cow’s milk.

Mulhern and the other NMPF team members say the U.S. FDA is out of step with other nations such as Canada, the UK and the EU who policies labeling laws regarding dairy products.

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