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Senate debates bill to regulate commercial raw milk sales; sponsors cite testing and refrigeration requirements
Summary
Senators debated a bill to regulate sale and distribution of commercial raw milk, with the sponsor describing registration, monthly coliform testing and refrigeration requirements and opponents raising public-health concerns and urging caution.
The Utah Senate spent a sustained portion of floor time debating legislation to regulate commercial raw milk sales and distribution.
The sponsor described the bill as targeted to producers selling at commercial scale (the sponsor said operations selling less than a specified small-quantity threshold would remain outside the regulation) and said it would require producers to register with the Department of Agriculture, keep milk refrigerated during transport and delivery, and submit monthly microbial testing. The sponsor said the measures would…
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