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Senate defeats move to protect vegan milk

By Kimberly Leonard
Published August 1, 2018 5:25pm ET
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Senate defeats move to protect vegan milk
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009, file photo, a shopper looks over the milk aisle at the Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier, Vt. U.S. Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, and other members of Congress are pushing in December 2016 for the Food and Drug Administration to enforce a definition of milk that would not include non-dairy products like soy or almonds. | (Toby Talbot/AP)

The Senate has defeated a measure that would have protected plant-based companies who want to keep calling some of their dairy-free foods “milk,” “yogurt,” or “cheese.”

The amendment, by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, would have blocked the Food and Drug Administration from using government funds to enforce its definitions on all food and drink. It was defeated 84-14.

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