Posted December 4, 2013
Raw milk produced in South Dakota will be regulated
under new rules beginning December 11, 2013, according to a Food Safety News
article available here.
South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch approved
the rules, the changes were passed by the South Dakota Legislature’s Rules
Review Committee, and three public hearings were held on the rules.
Lentsch said that “at a bare minimum” the public needs
to know the date the milk was bottled and know that raw milk is not pasteurized.
The new rules set a maximum coliform level of 10 per
milliliter for raw milk. Some say the
standard is impossible and will put raw milk dairies out of business. Department officials say the rules are
necessary to ensure the safety of raw milk sold in the state, according to an
article by KELO Land available here.
For more information on food labeling, please visit the
National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
