Kolme vegaanimilitanttien järjestöä Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine edustavaa lääkäriä on haastanut Yhdysvaltain maatalousministeriön oikeuteen sen vuoksi, että ruokasuosituksissa suositellaan heidän mielestään liikaa meijerituotteita. Heidän mukaansa suositukset aiheuttavat haittoja laktoosi-intoleranteille amerikkalaisille, eikä suosituksia ole laadittu edistämään terveyttä vaan liha- ja meijeritoimialojen etuja.
The Washington Post: USDA dietary guidelines are driven by milk marketing concerns — not nutrition — lawsuitLainaa:
A federal agency has just been sued for urging Americans to go big on milk, cheese and other dairy.
Three doctors filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its guidance in December suggesting that Americans consume three servings of dairy each day. The doctors allege in the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that the dietary guidelines contradict current scientific and medical knowledge, harming the quarter of Americans who are lactose-intolerant. They also suggest that the USDA is looking out for the interests of the meat and dairy industries rather than the health of Americans.