Health Law

Raw Milk

By Marler Clark LLP

An ambitious and well-meaning attempt to make California’s dairy products safer arrives this week in the California Assembly in the form of State Bill 201—but the country’s top food safety advocates are calling on California legislators to vote against it. The bill places regulations on producers of raw milk dairy products and lays groundwork intended to stem the tide of deadly food borne illnesses tied to the raw milk industry, like that of Chris Martin.

The bill sounds like a good thing, and may have enough support to reach the Governor’s desk, where the same advocates encourage a veto. What’s the problem? SB201 unintentionally creates a loophole that will allow companies to produce raw milk virtually unregulated during the long process of developing HACCP regulation, which is sure to result in more heartbreaking illnesses like Chris’s. For the full story, see the post on Marler blog

Full post as published by e.Coli Blog on August 21, 2008 (boomark / email).