Wisconsin came one step closer to allowing the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk
to consumers Tuesday.
The Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development voted 8-1 to send a bill
permitting the sale of unpasteurized milk to the full Assembly for a vote. A
spokeswoman for Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said he’ll talk to
his caucus about the bill “before moving forward on it.”
The bill, AB 628 (or SB 434) authorizes a dairy farmer with a grade A dairy farm
permit to sell unpasteurized milk from cows, sheep or goats directly to
consumers on the farm, but only if that farmer obtains a raw milk permit from
the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Photo Caption: Kate Plasterer, 11, drinks a cold glass of raw milk. Though her
family reports improved health from drinking unpasteurized milk, state and
federal public health officials have warned that unpasteurized milk can contain
harmful bacteria.
Photo Credit: ANDY MANIS For the State Journal
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