Debate Over What is Considered Milk and How to Label It Heats Up

By Austin Kemker, WAFB-TV 9, Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE - If you walk through the dairy aisle, there’s quite the variety: two percent, whole milk, almond, and soy milk. Those last two are now in question as the battle over what is considered “milk” is heating up. Louisiana State Senator Francis Thompson, D-Delhi, has introduced a bill that would remove the term “milk” from anything that is not dairy.