California dairies sue to stop enforcement of standard on raw milk
US - California's two raw milk producers filed suit Thursday to keep the state from imposing a strict new standard that, they say, would put them out of business
28 December 2007
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It was filed by Claravale Farm, which recently moved its herd to Paicines (San Benito County), and Organic Pastures of Fresno against the state Department of Food and Agriculture.
The agriculture department hadn't yet seen the lawsuit and had no immediate comment, spokesman Jay Van Rein said.
"Right now, the department is preparing to enforce the law when it takes effect," Van Rein said.
The new standard, he added, is "just a matter of staying ahead of the curve on food safety."
For the first time, the law limits coliform bacteria in bottled raw milk to just 10 per milliliter, the same standard that pasteurized milk must meet.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
