Got milk? Answer in NC may soon be no if it's plant-based
Story Date: 6/6/2018

 

Source: Laura Leslie, WRAL, 6/5/18

Call it the "Milk Defense Act." A provision in the proposed 2018 Farm Bill would ban the marketing of soy milk, almond milk or any other plant-based drink in North Carolina as "milk" by Jan 1. Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee Chairman Brent Jackson, R-Sampson, said federal regulations require milk "to come from a hoofed animal," but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not enforced it.

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