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Committee updates incorporation-by-reference for Grade A milk standards; limited regulatory effect
Summary
The committee approved docket 0204052401 to adopt updated federal/industry documents that govern Grade A milk production, testing and pasteurization standards.
The House Agriculture Affairs Committee approved docket 0204052401 after a presentation by Scott Lively, administrator of the Division of Animal Industries.
Lively told members the docket is an incorporation-by-reference update to four documents governing Grade A milk: the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, sanitation standards for milk shippers, laboratory evaluation standards, and interstate milk shipment procedures. The documents were updated to the 2023/2024 versions; the department said changes are technical and have a minor regulatory impact.
Committee members asked whether many dairies still produce manufacturing (non‑Grade A) milk; Lively replied there is one manufacturing-grade facility in eastern Idaho and roughly 350 Grade A dairies.
The committee approved the docket by voice vote; the transcript records no roll‑call counts.
