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Article: Virginia bans unpasteurized milk products.
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 26, 2005
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Byline: Marguerite Higgins
Jan. 26--Virginia dairy farmers no longer can sell cheese or butter containing unpasteurized milk under a new state law that went into effect at midnight.
The law will protect the public's health, advocates say, but smaller dairy farms are worried that the new regulations could force them to close.
The rule, with several other regulations, is part of a bill written by the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and recently signed by Gov. Mark Warner.
The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, a Richmond trade group for about 146,000 farmers in the state, supported the regulations, saying they ...