The Associated Press reports that the Senate has passed a measure that would explicitly include so-called “cow share” programs among the classes of dairies that must be licensed by the state.
The bill does not ban raw milk, or cow share arrangements for raw milk – just that those who participate in those arrangements must
Legislature: Raw-milk producers endorse dairies bill
Kathie Durbin of The Columbian News reports that a House bill that requires state licensing of all dairies regardless of size has been endorsed by state regulators as well as raw-milk producers. The bill raises the possibility of a special license specific to microdairies, to take into account the costs of small farms.
House Bill 3010, like its Senate counterpart, makes clear that cow-share arrangements are still legally dairies and subject to the same standards as traditional commercial dairy operations. In cow-share arrangements, people buy “shares” of a milk cow or goat in return for a portion of the milk produced, rather than purchase the milk outright.Continue Reading Legislature: Raw-milk producers endorse dairies bill
10-minute test for Escherichia coli bug
Raj Mutharasan, an engineer at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has developed a cheap, quick and simple detector that can quickly spot contamination by deadly strains of E. coli.
News-Medical.com reports that the sensor, which can also detect bugs such as listeria, has attracted the interest of many US government departments. The Department of