MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — A Wisconsin U.S. Senator wants to alter a federal agency’s decision on labeling to protect Wisconsin dairy producers.
Senator Tammy Baldwin asks the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider their decision on labeling certain non-dairy products as “milk”.
Baldwin co-sponsored the Fair Dairy Act earlier this year to crack down on products like almond milk and soy milk using the word “milk” on their labels.
Since she says the agency hasn’t been enforcing what the measure calls for, Baldwin said she sent a bipartisan letter Thursday asking the FDA’s head to take such action.
“There are plant-based products that call themselves milks and that’s deceiving,” said Baldwin. “It’s deceiving to the customer who may think that they’re nutritionally equivalent.”
Baldwin adds if the FDA doesn’t change their policy, Congress will move to enact the Fair Dairy Act into law.
