Bill Text: NC H259 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Got Natural Milk
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Agriculture [H259 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-H259-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
H 1
HOUSE BILL 259
Short Title: Got Natural Milk. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Riddell, Hurley, Harrison, and Fisher (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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Referred to: |
Agriculture, if favorable, Health |
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March 7, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT allowing the dispensing of raw Milk and raw milk products to independent or partial owners of lactating animals for personal use or consumption.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 106‑266.35 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106‑266.35. Sale or dispensing of milk.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section:
(1) Only milk that is Grade "A" pasteurized milk may be sold or dispensed directly to consumers for human consumption.
(2) Raw milk and raw milk products shall be sold or dispensed only to a permitted milk hauler or to a processing facility at which the processing of milk is permitted, graded, or regulated by a local, State, or federal agency.
(b) The Board of Agriculture may adopt rules to provide
exceptions for dispensing raw milk and raw milk products for nonhuman
consumption. Any raw milk or raw milk product dispensed as animal feed shall
include on its label the statement "NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION" in
letters at least one‑half inch in height. Any raw milk or raw milk
product dispensed as animal feed shall also include on its label the statement
"IT IS NOT LEGAL TO SELL RAW MILK FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN NORTH
CAROLINA." "Sale" This labeling requirement does not
apply to raw milk or raw milk products dispensed for personal use or
consumption to the independent or partial owner of a cow, goat, or other
lactating animal.
(c) As used in this section, the term "sale"
or "sold" shall meanmeans any transaction that involves
the transfer or dispensing of milk and milk products or the right to acquire
milk and milk products through barter or contractual arrangement or in exchange
for any other form of compensation including, but not limited to, the sale
of shares or interest in a cow, goat, or other lactating animal or herd.compensation.
The term "sale" or "sold" does not include the transfer or
dispensing of raw milk or raw milk products to, or the right to acquire raw
milk or raw milk products by, the independent or partial owner of a cow, goat,
or other lactating animal.
(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the dispensing of raw milk or raw milk products for personal use or consumption to, or the acquisition of raw milk or raw milk products for personal use or consumption by, an independent or partial owner of a cow, goat, or other lactating animal."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2017.