Who Owns the Word "Milk"?

For years, the dairy industry has been trying to make it illegal for nondairy milk companies to use the word “milk," asserting that the word “milk” should be used to refer only to the lacteal secretions of cows. Today, I'm joined by Michele Simon, public health lawyer and director of the first trade group to represent plant-based foods companies, to talk about the legal definitions of milk, ice cream, cheese, butter, and yogurt as they pertain to food labeling and what the dairy industry is so afraid of that they are using Congress to pass a bill to squelch competition. Thank you for sharing and supporting Animalogy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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Who Owns the Word "Milk"? is an episode from Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

This episode is 40:47 long.

This episode was published on Mar 3, 2017.

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