FDA will consider a four-year-old petition from IDFA requesting a modification to the standards for milk and other dairy products to allow the use of non-nutritive sweeteners. The request is an attempt to keep flavored milks in school cafeterias as federal agencies and advocacy groups push for lower-calorie milk on school menus to combat increasing childhood obesity. IDFA says the current standard, which requires the use of special labeling language indicating low-calorie status for non-nutritive sweetened milk, has contributed to an overall decline in school milk sales.