Four states that currently outlaw the retail sales of raw milk and allow only limited access to unpasteurized dairy products are finding it hard to make any progress this legislative season.
Of the four states
Continue Reading Raw milk legalization does not appear to be catching on at the statehousesA North Dakota bill that would allow producers to sell unpasteurized, raw milk direct to consumers says dairies won’t have to do anything to control “the inherent risks” and that people who buy the milk
Continue Reading ND bill would allow raw milk sales despite ‘inherent risks’
Perhaps no other organization in the country is better positioned to know the best time for drawing a new map of current state raw milk laws and policies than the National Conference of State Legislatures
Continue Reading NCSL Maps State Raw Milk Laws as 2015 Legislatures Reach Adjournment
A bill to open the door to raw milk distribution in Wyoming was slammed shut after it missed a key cutoff date. It is unlikely the Wyoming Legislature will see any further action taken on
Continue Reading Legislative Cutoff Dates Begin to Kill Raw Milk Bills
The annual raw milk games are underway in state capitols around the country, with this year’s action centered in the Midwest and West. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibits the interstate sales
Continue Reading State Legislative Season Means Raw Milk Changes Are Possible
Regulations that will likely result in more people getting sick are the regulations most people want, says Dean Finkenbinder, consumer health services manager for Wyoming’s Agriculture Department. He is referring to language the department plans
Continue Reading Cow Share Agreements Will Start Raw Milk Flow in Wyoming
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a letter to state health officials Wednesday outlining the dangers of raw milk consumption, and urged state lawmakers to consider further regulating raw milk sales. The
Continue Reading CDC Asks States To Consider Further Raw Milk Regulation
An inconveniently timed outbreak of Campylobacter infection 200 miles west of Trenton in Pennsylvania may trip up a bill to allow commercial sale of raw milk in New Jersey.
Linda Doherty, president of the powerful
Continue Reading Pennsylvania Outbreak Could Stall New Jersey Raw Milk Bill
