DAIRY PRIDE Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, along with U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the bipartisan Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, milk, and cheese to Promote…

SHELDON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) held a press conference today at the Howrigan Dairy Farm in Sheldon, Vermont, calling for passage of the DAIRY PRIDE Act to reverse a proposed FDA rule allowing beverages derived from plants to be labeled ‘milk’. The rule…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed guidance last week allowing nut, oat, soy, and other non-dairy products to use the name "milk,” U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced bipartisan legislation…