A new North Carolina bill, if passed, would ban all companies and stores from calling products that do not come from the “lacteal secretion” of “hooved mammals” as milk.

Senate Bill 711, now being called the ‘NC Farm Act of 2018’, would essentially force companies to rename ‘soy milk’, ‘coconut milk’, ‘almond milk’, ‘cashew milk’, etc. starting on January 1st, 2019.

Page 5 of SB 711 states;

DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES TO ADDRESS MISLABELING OF PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS AS “MILK”
SECTION 6.(a) The following definitions apply to this section:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(2) “FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration.
(3) “Milk” means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy hooved mammals. Hooved mammals include, but are not limited to, the members of the Order Cetartiodactyla, such as: Family Bovidae (cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, yaks, etc.), Family Camelidae (llamas, alpacas, camels, etc.), Family Cervidae (deer, reindeer, moose, etc.), and Family Equidae (horses, donkeys, etc.).
SECTION 6.(b) In accordance with the established standard of identity for milk defined in 21 C.F.R. § 131.110 and the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, the Department shall immediately develop an enforcement plan to enforce FDA’s standard of identity for milk as adopted in the North Carolina Administrative Code to prohibit the sale of plant-based products mislabeled as milk.
SECTION 6.(c) No later than 90 days after the effective date of this act, the Department shall begin to implement its enforcement plan, which shall include, but is not limited to, notification of the Department’s intent to embargo all mislabeled products offered for sale in this State. All plant-based products displayed for sale in this State shall be labeled in accordance with FDA’s standard of identity for milk and the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance no later than January 1, 2019.

The Charlotte Observer sat in on the Senate’s Agriculture and Environmental Committee meeting yesterday and reported Republican Sen. Brent Jackson as saying, “The vast majority of the countries around the world already do not allow plant-based drinks to be labeled ‘milk’, and labeling plant-based liquids ‘milk’ is confusing to consumers. The products are fine, but they need to be properly labeled so the public understands what they’re buying.”

Senator Brent Jackson added, “North Carolina farmers need the measure – the dairy industry is in such dire shape.”

During their meeting, the Senate Agriculture and Environmental Committee approved the bill, and it will now go to the Senate Finance Committee for approval.

Charlotte City Councilwoman LaWana Mayfield has just poured fire on a local controversy with yet another shocking tweet.

She essentially confirmed and strengthened her previous tweet which compared police officers to terrorists.

In her latest post, the councilwoman stated, “To all of you talking nonsense about my posts, forget you. A black man can’t drink in his own garage, can’t drive down the street, car can’t break down, can’t walk in a store without being killed by someone in a police uniform. So who is going work to remove the bad cops? #I will.”

To ALL OF YOU talking nonsense about my posts, Forget YOU. A Black man can’t drink in his own garage, can’t drive down the street, car can’t break down, can’t walk in a store without being killed by someone in a police uniform. So who is going work to remove the BAD cops?#IWILL https://t.co/KsmXoYdczL

— LaWana Mayfield (@lawanamayfield) May 31, 2018

Her tweet was posted just hours after dozens of police wives confronted Mayfield in a council meeting, holding signs and wore t-shirts that read, “My husband is not a terrorist. My husband is a hero”.

“To group law enforcement officers as terrorist was demeaning & extremely hurtful.”

“I hope Mayfield will have a change of heart. The badge is not something to demonize but to humanize.”

“While we’re trying to build up our community, comments like that don’t help.”@wsoctv pic.twitter.com/wq82l2eK7X

— Stephanie Tinoco (@STinocoWSOC9) May 31, 2018

The public started to speak out against the Councilwoman from a controversial tweet, originally posted in March;

“Being black in America under number 45 has created homegrown terrorist wearing blue uniforms,” she stated in her post;

Being Black in America under #45 has created homegrown terrorist wearing blue uniforms. #AReckoningIsComing https://t.co/WhUnTJW52T

— LaWana Mayfield (@lawanamayfield) March 26, 2018

After people began commenting on the tweet, she defended herself on the social media platform;

@StephMillerShow Thank you for sharing the tie in of #45 & Nazi Germany. When I said it months ago it brought outrage which I found ironic.

— LaWana Mayfield (@lawanamayfield) May 16, 2018

So YOU do NOT support Freedom of Speech? Or do YOU support the attacks on unarmed Black & Brown people????

— LaWana Mayfield (@lawanamayfield) May 16, 2018

I don’t support calling police officers terrorists. And I don’t support 9/11 conspiracy theorists.

— Ryan Parker (@ryanbparker) May 16, 2018

Her police tweet was actually the second major tweet controversy from the councilwoman.

Last month, she shared an article about a conspiracy theory and questioned the 9/11 terrorist attack.

The tweet was soon deleted, but not before a petition was created, calling for her resignation.

According to the petition;

“This theory was completely and thoroughly debunked in a 2017 study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It conclusively proved what most of the nation saw that day–the towers collapsed due to the massive damage from the impact of two large jumbo jets.

By giving her imprimatur to this conspiracy theory, Mayfield has brought shame and disgrace upon herself, her district, her city, and her state. It is simply not acceptable for an elected official to use his or her platform to promote such claptrap.”

What do you think about her tweets?