Article 3V4YS “An almond doesn’t lactate:” FDA to crack down on use of the word “milk”

“An almond doesn’t lactate:” FDA to crack down on use of the word “milk”

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Beth Mole
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Almond milk (credit: Amazing Almonds)

The US Food and Drug Administration seems to have soured on nondairy milk-alternative products that use the term "milk" in their marketing and labeling-like popular soy and almond milk products.

In a talk hosted by Politico, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced Tuesday that the FDA will soon issue a new guidance on the use of the term. But he added that products aren't abiding by FDA policies as they stand now. He referenced a so-called "standard of identity" policy that regulates how milk is defined and should be identified.

"If you look at our standard of identity-there is a reference somewhere in the standard of identity to a lactating animal," he said. "And, you know, an almond doesn't lactate, I will confess."

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