As interest in raw milk grows among a niche group of consumers across the United States, two West Virginia University (WVU) experts are addressing the potential risks and liabilities associated with these sales.
Dee Singh-Knights, professor and agriculture economics specialist with WVU Extension in the Division for Land-Grant Engagement, and
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The debate over the legality of raw milk sales continues to stir discussions among legislators, public health officials, and consumers across the United States. Raw milk, which is milk that has not undergone pasteurization to kill harmful bacteria, remains a contentious issue because of its associated health risks and raw
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Following what a raw milk producer described as a visit during which she “met our cows,” State Rep. Michele Presnell introduced a bill in North Carolina to allow retail sales of unpasteurized milk in the state.
The proposed measure, House Bill 103, would require warning labels for raw milk available
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Opposition is building against an Iowa bill that would allow dairy operations in the state to sell unpasteurized milk directly to consumers.
Since it survived an initial subcommittee review with a 2-to-1 vote, opponents of House File (HF) 2055 have been registering their declarations against the bill, which remains in
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Public health officials have ordered a New Jersey company to cease and desist its illegal sales of unpasteurized, raw milk following confirmation that a woman who drank it was infected with antibiotic-resistant brucellosis.
The New Jersey Department of Health issued cease-and-desist orders to Udder Milk on Friday, but did not
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Ahead of its plans at week’s end to adjourn sine de di, the Rhode Island General Assembly will vote, as early as today, on Senate Bill No. 247, which would establish rules and regulations for raw milk sales.
It is one of a handful of bills that the General Assembly
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Raw milk advocates on both sides of the 48th parallel are worried about the outcome of a trial in Ontario because they fear it could provide the template for ending sales of milk without pasteurization throughout Canada.
The trial almost seems like a re-run because it involves the Crown versus
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Montana State Sen. Diane Sands knows from her own studies as the retired development director of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula that infant mortality improved and stillbirths declined after pasteurized milk became available.
That’s why the Missoula Democrat is sponsoring a labeling bill as a kind of insurance against
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Legislatures in almost a dozen states this year are considering whether to permit sales in one form or another of raw milk, which public health officials say is dangerous because it has not been pasteurized to remove harmful pathogens. But as many of those sessions wind down, it doesn’t look
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The full 69-page report — Raw Milk Vending Machine Market – Europe Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2016 – 2024 — goes for $4,000, probably too pricy for most. But the teaser that goes with it from the market research firm ReportLinker has enough to suggest the
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