PETA Supports Proposed FDA Rule: ‘Milk’ Is a Four-Letter Word

For Immediate Release:
July 18, 2018

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David Perle 202-483-7382

Below, please find a statement from PETA President Ingrid Newkirk in response to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s statement that the agency intends to enforce the definition of “milk” as the mammary secretions of an animal:

PETA supports the FDA’s proposal, because healthy soy, almond, coconut, hemp, oat, and hazelnut beverages deserve to be distinguished from the cow, goat, and camel milk that are linked to prostate cancer, obesity, acne, mucoidal infections, and hideous cruelty to animals. To us, “milk” is a four-letter word when used to mean the udder secretions of mothers whose babies are stolen from them by the greedy dairy industry.

PETA’s motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way.” For more information, please visit PETA.org.