If you've strolled past the dairy case lately, you might have noticed that it has grown to ranch-size proportions. Dozens of products are labeled "milk," and they spill over onto the nonrefrigerated shelves.
Gone are the days when selecting a carton of milk was simple: whole or skim.
Just look at the choices. Low-fat hemp milk for your cornflakes? Omega-3 organic in your coffee? How about some grass-fed goat milk?
For their part, milk producers are not happy with all the beverages that call themselves "milk" on shelves. The nation's dairy farmers have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require nondairy products to be labeled something other than "milk."
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