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• Sale and Delivery of Raw Milk Goes Down “The Funnel” in Iowa

  Food Safety News By Dan Flynn | March 7, 2013 For the fourth year in a row, attempts in the Iowa General Assembly to make legal on-the-farm sales of unpasteurized milk and milk products have ended in failure. Legislative experts in Des Moines say all raw milk bills, including House Bill (HSB) 131 that also sought to allow raw milk farmers to deliver to consumers in town, are dead. State Rep. Jason Schultz, who chairs the Iowa House Local Government Committee, did not take up HSB 131Read more

• Raw Milk Study Leads Indiana to Keep Mandatory Pasteurization

  Food Safety News By Dan Flynn | March 6, 2013 A year ago, it looked like the Indiana General Assembly was about to allow raw milk to be sold in the state. Instead it only passed one change in the law, and that was to require raw milk to be labeled as “not for human consumption.” Then, it sent word down to the Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) that it wanted the state’s most powerful agricultural board to study the raw milk issue and report back to the GeneralRead more

• Health Professionals Speak Out About Proposed Raw Milk Legislation in Iowa

  Public health professionals, Drs. Russell Currier and Mary Gilchrist, provided the Des Moines Register with a thought-provoking editorial on a raw milk bill being considered by the 2012 Iowa Legislature. If passed, the legilation would permit sales of raw milk on the farm directly to consumers or for targeted home delivery by producers without any regulation or oversight: The 2012 Iowa Legislature is again considering legislation to permit sales of raw milk on the farm directly toRead more