Milk production; exemptions from certain requirements. (HB62)
Introduced By
Del. Rick Morris (R-Carrollton)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Exemptions from milk production requirements. Exempts persons who own three or fewer milking cows and three or fewer goats from the oversight of the Milk Commission and the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services' requirements governing the quality, grading, and sanitary standards for milk so long as the milk their cows or goats produce is sold directly to consumers and contains a label stating that the product has not been inspected by the state and the consumer is purchasing the product at his own risk. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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12/04/2015 | Committee |
12/04/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100893D |
12/04/2015 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
01/13/2016 | Assigned to sub: Subcommittee Agriculture |
01/13/2016 | Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee Agriculture |
01/13/2016 | Assigned ACNR sub: |
01/19/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB62) |
02/16/2016 | Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
Comments
Passage of this bill would be a plus for farm and food freedom. It would certainly simplify legally obtaining raw milk and would make it more available. Whether I drink raw milk or not, it should be MY choice.
Having recently taken classes in cheese making, I would be very pleased to have unpasteurized milk available for that purpose. In fact, I remember when I was younger and had raw milk available on a friend's farm. Why is it that I'm not allowed to have it available now? Certainly passage of this bill would be a step forward for freedom of choice.
This is just common sense. But it is opposed by the dairy industry every time the suggestion comes up.