I have a really good idea. Lets UN-subsidize
the Milk industry and see if they FINALLY listen to the people instead of the
ones providing their paychecks.
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Two powerful dairy organizations, The
International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers
Federation (NMPF), are petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to allow
aspartame and other artificial sweeteners to be added milk and other dairy
products without a label.
The FDA currently allows the dairy industry to
use “nutritive sweeteners” including sugar and high fructose corn syrup in
many of their products. Nutritive sweeteners are defined as sweeteners with
calories.
This petition officially seeks to amend the
standard of identification for milk, cream, and 17 other dairy products like
yogurt, sweetened condensed milk, sour cream, and others to provide for the
use of any “safe and suitable sweetener” on the market
They claim that aspartame and other artificial
sweeteners would promote healthy eating and is good for school children.
According to the FDA notice issued this week:
IDFA and NMPF state that the proposed
amendments would promote more healthful eating practices and reduce childhood
obesity by providing for lower-calorie flavored milk products. They state
that lower-calorie flavored milk would particularly benefit school children
who, according to IDFA and NMPF, are more inclined to drink flavored milk
than unflavored milk at school.
