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Committee approves updated Grade A milk standards incorporating 2023 federal revisions
Summary
The committee approved incorporation-by-reference updates to Grade A milk standards (docket 0204052401) to reflect revised pasteurized milk, sanitation and laboratory evaluation documents through 2023; the agency said regulatory impact on processors and farms is minor.
Committee members approved docket 0204052401, which updates incorporation-by-reference documents that govern production, processing and laboratory evaluation of Grade A milk in Idaho.
Andrea Thompson, administrator for the Plant Industries Division at the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Scott Lively explained the four updated documents include the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, sanitation rating methods for milk shippers, laboratory evaluation standards and Cooperative State-Public Health Conference procedures. "The overall impact of the changes ... up to the 2023 versions, they're fairly technical ... the overall regulatory impact on the industries is minor," Dr. Lively said.
Committee members asked about the number of manufacturing-grade dairies; Dr. Lively said there is one manufacturing-grade dairy in eastern Idaho and roughly 350 Grade A dairies statewide. Representative Garner moved to approve the docket; the committee approved the motion by voice vote.
The department said the updates were routine, reflecting documents generally revised every two years and intended to keep Idaho aligned with interstate milk shipment and sanitation standards.
