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House passes limited raw‑milk retail bill amid Department of Health concerns
Summary
Lawmakers approved a compromise amendment to allow producers to sell unpasteurized milk at producer-owned retail outlets with batch testing, labeling and temperature controls. The House passed the bill 65–9; the Department of Health had voiced safety concerns on the floor.
The Utah House passed first substitute House Bill 311 on Feb. 6 to allow limited retail sales of unpasteurized (raw) milk under strict conditions designed to preserve traceability and reduce public‑health risk.
Representative Carrie Gibson, the bill sponsor, described the measure as a negotiated compromise that permits a producer to sell raw whole milk at a producer‑owned retail outlet (the transcript uses the phrase “cell phone retail store” to indicate a…
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