Under the proposed law, milk producers could legally sell raw milk and raw milk products directly to consumers subject to rules adopted by an oversight board. Sales would be limited to farms or facilities with no more than 10 milk-bearing cows, The law would also implement labeling standards for raw milk.
A bill filed in the North Dakota House would expand on the limited raw milk legalization in the state. Passage would take a step toward nullifying a federal prohibition scheme in effect.
Provisions in the bill would legalize the sale of raw cow and goat milk and products made from them on the farm direct to the consumer and at farmer's markets. Sellers would be required to clearly mark such products with a warning label.
A bill filed in the New Hampshire House would expand raw milk sales in the state. Passage into law would take an important step toward rejecting a federal prohibition scheme in practice and effect.
Dairy farmer who wishes to sell raw, unpasteurized butter beyond home state of California, and co-plaintiff, Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, appealed FDA denial of citizen rulemaking petition to exclude butter from interstate commerce pasteurized milk products rule.