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Committee advances bill to allow sale of raw milk products after labeling amendment
Summary
House Bill 11 31, which would permit the sale of raw milk products direct from producers, advanced from the Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee after supporters emphasized economic benefit to small farms and the committee approved a labeling amendment.
Representative Dawson Hawley (District 31) introduced House Bill 11 31 to allow sale of raw milk products directly to consumers. Hawley and multiple proponents argued the change would help small farms create new revenue streams through products such as cream, butter, cheese and yogurt produced on-farm.
Proponents included raw milk producers and small-farm advocates. Leanne Harner, a raw-milk goat producer, said the cottage and direct-sale model is important to rural producers and told the committee that, in North Dakota since 1988, Department of Health data show "there have only been 12 people in North Dakota that were sick because of raw milk,"…
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