The raw milk issue continues to heat up in Indiana, with some
consumer groups pushing for legislation that will allow raw milk
sales to consumers. To study the issue more fully, the Indiana
State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) has released a report on the
sale of raw milk in the state of Indiana. There are
approximately 176,000 dairy cows in Indiana on 1,527 dairy
farms. In 1925, the Indiana General Assembly passed a law
requiring pasteurization of milk or tuberculin testing of
cattle. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration prohibits the
interstate sale of raw milk for human consumption through a
regulation adopted in 1987. Each state governs the intrastate
sale of unpasteurized milk to consumers. The report says
currently individuals are acquiring raw milk from producers
through cow or herd share arrangements and pet food sales
believing that these transactions are outside the current state
statute requiring milk to be pasteurized. The current
pasteurization statute does not explicitly contemplate these
arrang