date:Jan 21, 2013
Senator Kristen Gillibrand and Representative Richard Hanna, both of New York, have called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a letter to reclassify Greek yogurt as a source of protein under the agencys nutrition guidelines.
Such a reclassification would make Greek yogurt eligible for inclusion as a source of protein in the National School Breakfast and National School Lunch programs to compete with other classified proteins, such as meats, poultry, eggs, nuts, seeds, beans, peas, process