NMPF Backs DAIRY PRIDE Act

The National Milk Producers Federation voiced strong support for the DAIRY PRIDE Act, calling it another means toward a crucial end of the mislabeling of non-dairy products as “milks” in the marketplace.  The legislation was reintroduced last week by Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin.  NMPF said the bill further prods the FDA toward “increasingly necessary action” as plant-based imitators of milk, cheese, butter and other products disobey FDA rules that restrict the use of dairy terms on non-dairy products.

NMPF CEO Jim Mulhern says the legislation “demonstrates strong support within Congress for fixing this problem.”

Following NMPF’s submission of a citizen petition to FDA outlining a path forward, as the agency considers more than 13,000 comments submitted to on the proper use of dairy terms, the DAIRY PRIDE Act would protect the integrity of food standards by prompting FDA to enforce labeling requirements for dairy, according to NMPF.

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