{"id":10422,"date":"2017-02-09T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=10422"},"modified":"2017-02-08T11:02:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T16:02:22","slug":"soy-growers-soyfoods-association-defend-soymilk-oppose-dairy-pride-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/09\/soy-growers-soyfoods-association-defend-soymilk-oppose-dairy-pride-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Soy Growers, Soyfoods Association Defend Soymilk, Oppose Dairy Pride Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/file0001477776197-830x1024.jpg\" alt=\"file0001477776197\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/file0001477776197-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/file0001477776197-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/file0001477776197-768x947.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/file0001477776197.jpg 1612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The American Soybean Association sent out this information:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee members today [2\/6\/17], the American Soybean Association (ASA) and the Soyfoods Association of North America (SANA) objected to draft legislation that would restrict the marketing of soymilk.  S. 130, referred to as the Dairy Pride Act, would prohibit the term \u201cmilk\u201d from being used with soymilk and soymilk-based products, under the premise that the term \u201cmilk\u201d is misleading to consumers. \u201cThis legislation is unnecessary as no confusion in the market exists,\u201d argued ASA President Ron Moore and SANA President Wendy Behr in the letter, noting that the term \u201csoymilk\u201d has been in commercial use since 1947. \u201cConsumers of soymilk clearly understand that the product is derived from soybeans rather than bovine milk, and a large percentage consume it for just that reason due to dietary choices or restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A full copy of the letter can be found at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/soygrowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HELP-letter-2-17.pdf\">https:\/\/soygrowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HELP-letter-2-17.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Soybean Association sent out this information: &#8220;In a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee members today [2\/6\/17], the American Soybean Association (ASA) and the Soyfoods Association of North America (SANA) objected to draft legislation that would restrict the marketing of soymilk. S. 130, referred to as the Dairy Pride [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10425,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422\/revisions\/10425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}