In “Hamlet,” Shakespeare writes, “to thine own self be true.” Sound advice. For people. And food.

Consumers shouldn’t be misled into thinking a plant-based beverage is nutritionally equivalent to real milk that comes from a cow. That’s why dairy producers insist the FDA enforce its own standards of identity.

Words can change meaning over time, and the transient nature of definitions is becoming a significant issue in the food world.

The debate over standards of identity for plant-based milk and other dairy alternatives is a solution in search of a problem. Companies selling dairy alternatives are using truthful and non-misleading labels and no one is confused.

When consumers visit the grocery store, they expect packaging and labels to reflect the true nature of a product. Consumers may not know that “standards of identity” underpin each item they see on store shelves, but they trust the federal government to ensure that product labels are not false or misleading.

Science is awesome. It can also be creepy. And as we saw from consumers’ responses to genetic engineering, triggering that darker chord can have real economic consequences.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb was on to something when he said: “An almond doesn’t lactate” while describing efforts to modernize food standards of identity like “milk,” so there’s greater clarity and consumers are not misled.

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The 2018 midterm elections are just one week away. They have been the talk of the town for months, and neither party is in a position to let their guard down.

Polling in 50+ battleground districts found that Democrats have largely erased the turnout deficit of the Obama years, with the possibility of higher turnout than Republicans – including many relatively white, suburban districts – and taking the House.