Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Rep. Mike Simpson, all R-Idaho, are asking the Department of Agriculture to recognize Greek yogurt under the government’s MyPlate nutrition guidelines.
In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the lawmakers also request a government pilot program to allow schools to receive credit for protein content when serving Greek yogurt.
The requests follow December’s opening in Twin Falls of a Chobani Inc. yogurt plant.
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