Skim milk is just milk with the cream skimmed off. So now he’s fighting back.įDA’s Rules Prevent Randy from Selling Additive-Free Skim Milk and Speaking Honestly about It But the FDA demands that he instead mislead his customers with confusing, inaccurate labels designed to discourage consumers from buying his natural products. Randy is proud of his products and wants to use clear, accurate labels explaining precisely what is and is not in each bottle. That’s why Randy has repeatedly asked state and federal agencies over the years to allow South Mountain to sell pure skim milk without any additives and call it what it is: skim milk. Their cows are pasture-raised, their chickens are cage-free, and their dairy products are as pure and additive-free as the law allows. Randy and Karen believe in responsible farming. It is also the home of their creamery-South Mountain Creamery-where they produce delicious milk, yogurt and cheese, among other tasty products. The farm now covers over 2,000 acres, employs over 75 people, and delivers to over 10,000 families in a handful of states. They bought their farm in 1981, when they rented 152 acres of land and obtained a loan to buy 100 cows. Randy Sowers and his wife Karen are dairy farmers in northern Maryland. Additionally, should the FDA ever try to enforce this requirement again in the future, Randy would be able to refile his lawsuit to protect his First Amendment right to use an honest label. To remove any doubt, the FDA also posted its letter saying this online. Randy ended his legal challenge when the FDA agreed that it would no longer enforce nor require states to enforce the unconstitutional requirement against Randy or any other farmer anywhere in the nation. That is why Randy and South Mountain Creamery teamed up with the Institute for Justice to file a federal lawsuit challenging the FDA’s ban on labeling their products honestly. The First Amendment protects the right to tell the truth. Business owners who insist on selling additive-free skim milk as “skim milk” face fines and even possible incarceration. The other two ingredients are artificial vitamin additives that are not naturally found in skim milk. But the FDA requires all-natural skim milk to be called either “imitation skim milk” or “imitation milk product.” The reason is the FDA shockingly defined “skim milk” as having three ingredients. Pure, pasteurized, additive-free skim milk is safe to drink and legal to sell. The universally recognized definition of skim milk is just milk with the cream skimmed off. But when Randy contacted the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to sell his delicious product across state lines, he learned that FDA regulations prohibit him from honestly labeling pure skim milk as “skim milk.” The only ingredient in his skim milk would be skim milk. Randy believes strongly in selling all-natural products, and that belief extends to his skim milk: Randy wants to sell 100-percent pure skim milk with no added ingredients.
He is a lifelong dairy farmer and the founder of South Mountain Creamery in Middletown, Maryland. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) attempted to do to keep American farms from selling wholesome, all-American skim milk. The government does not have the power to change the dictionary, but that is precisely what the U.S.
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