Proposed Dairy-Label Change Criticized at Hearing

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The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is considering a change to dairy labeling that leaves critics with a sour taste in their mouths.

The administrative rule under consideration prohibits companies from making false or misleading statements about milk and dairy products on their packaging. Companies that tout their products free of artificial growth hormone will have to clarify on their packaging that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not found a significant difference between milk from cows that receive the hormone -- technically called recombinant bovine growth hormones, or rbGH -- and cows that do not.

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Proposed Dairy-Label Change Criticized at Hearing

Under the proposed rule, the state can penalize violators up to $5,500 per occurrence. In addition, dairy permits may be suspended or revoked, and the state may rec...

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