Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 10/29/20

 With FDA giving little indication of promised action on proper labeling of imitation dairy products, the National Milk Producers Federation asked the agency’s ombudsman to ensure that rules are properly enforced. “Allowing unlawfully labeled 'plant-based’ imitation dairy foods to proliferate poses an immediate and growing risk to public health; it is a clear dereliction of the FDA’s duty to enforce federal law and agency regulations,” wrote NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern in the letter, sent to Dr. Laurie Lenkel, ombudsman for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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