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CA AB2505
Bill
Status
2/21/2014
Primary Sponsor
Mariko Yamada
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AI Summary
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Defines "home dairy farm" as premises with no more than 3 cows/water buffalo or 15 goats/sheep/hooved mammals in lactation, where raw milk is primarily for home consumption, and exempts such farms from the Milk and Milk Products Act of 1947.
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Permits home dairy farms to share, exchange, or directly sell raw milk in excess of household needs if obtained from healthy animals tested annually for brucellosis and tuberculosis, and meeting specified safety standards for bacterial counts and somatic cells.
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Requires raw milk sold directly to be labeled with product name, farm name and address, "keep refrigerated," date packaged, and a health warning about risks to vulnerable populations; limits container size to one gallon and prohibits online or retail sales.
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Establishes care and feeding requirements for dairy animals including clean housing, potable water, proper equipment sanitation, hand washing by workers, and temperature controls (milk cooled to 50°F within 2 hours and 45°F within 4 hours).
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Authorizes state and local health agencies to inspect home dairy farms based on consumer complaints or credible evidence that raw milk may be adulterated or unsafe; prohibits consumers from reselling or redistributing purchased raw milk to third parties.
Legislative Description
Milk: home dairy farms: sharing, exchange, or direct sale of raw milk.
Last Action
In committee: Set, first hearing. Held without recommendation.
4/9/2014