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Article: Definition of 'milk' may change for labels
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- July 3, 2005
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PITTSBURGH - Milk isn't what it used to be.
Though it's among the most cherished of American staples, milk
sales have plummeted for decades while demand has soared for new
beverages that contain traces of milk.
That fact brought several dozen lawyers and economists to a hotel
ballroom alongside the Monongahela River last week to debate a
proposal to expand the U.S. Department of Agriculture's definition of
milk to include all kinds of new products, including low-
carbohydrate beverages, drinkable yogurt and even sports drinks.
The hearing came at the behest of some of the nation's largest
milk producers, who are frustrated that makers of the new wave of
products do not have to follow the ...