Got milk? If so, do you know what kind of milk you have?
A new Illinois law will help you be sure.
Retail dairy cases have several different kinds of milk these days. There are various types that come from cows, along with almond milk, soy milk and maybe even camel milk.
The new law that takes effect Jan. 1 will require any milk that does not come from cattle needs to be labeled as such.
That’s particularly important to people who maintain a kosher diet, because only milk from animals that chew cud and have cloven hooves can be considered kosher. Milk from camels or pigs, for example, would not fall into that category.
Camel milk has attracted interest as a health supplement with reported benefits for lactose-intolerance, diabetes and other conditions.
Pig milk may be a matter of taste.
