With the U.S. Food & Drug Administration giving little indication of taking action on proper labeling of imitation dairy products, the National Milk Producers Federation recently asked the agency’s ombudsman to ensure that rules are properly enforced.
“Allowing unlawfully labeled ‘plant-based’ imitation dairy foods to proliferate poses an immediate and growing risk to public health; it is a clear dereliction of the FDA’s duty to enforce federal law and agency regulations,” NMPF President Jim Mulhern wrote in the letter, sent to FDA ombudsman Dr. Laurie Lenkel. “The FDA’s Office of the Ombudsman must intervene to break the bureaucratic logjam that is adversely affecting consumers. Doing so would fit squarely within the office’s own mission to ensure even-handed application of FDA policy and procedures.”
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