Appeals Court Rules Skim Milk Can Be Called 'Skim Milk'

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A small, all-natural dairy isn't being deceptive when it calls its skim milk "skim milk," a federal appeals court has ruled — a victory for a Florida creamery that fought the state's demand to label the product "imitation" because vitamins aren't added to it.

The ruling overturns a decision last March when a federal judge sided with the Florida Department of Agriculture, which said the Ocheesee Creamery couldn't label its skim milk "skim milk" because the state defines the product as skim milk with Vitamin A added. The state instead said that if the creamery wanted to sell the product, it should label it as "imitation" skim milk.

That didn't sit well with a dairy whose whole philosophy is not to add ingredients to natural products. So instead of complying, the creamery has dumped thousands of gallons of skim milk down the drain rather than label it as an imitation milk product.

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