Licensed on-farm raw milk sales are available to any consumer in Georgia under O.C.G.A. §26-2-450 et seq. (Raw Dairy Act, effective July 1, 2023). No herdshare or ownership arrangement is required; consumers purchase directly from permitted farms.
Georgia enacted the Raw Dairy Act in 2022 (HB-1175, signed by Governor Kemp), creating a new Article 18 within O.C.G.A. Title 26, Chapter 2, codified at §26-2-450 et seq., effective July 1, 2023. The law establishes a direct on-farm sales permit system administered by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA): producers must obtain a GDA permit, comply with herd health and animal testing requirements, meet cleanliness and handling standards, and label raw milk products with required disclosures including a statement in 12-point font that the product is not pasteurized. Any consumer may purchase directly from a GDA-permitted farm. No herdshare, dairy-share, or other contractual ownership arrangement is required or authorized under the Raw Dairy Act; the purchase is a straightforward transaction at the farm.
Georgia's Raw Dairy Act passed with bipartisan support after years of legislative effort and took effect July 1, 2023. Before HB-1175, raw milk was effectively prohibited for human consumption in Georgia with no licensed pathway. The open direct-sale permit model, in which any consumer may purchase from any GDA-permitted farm without a membership or contractual arrangement, makes the framework broadly accessible. Licensed farms have entered the market across the state since the law took effect, with consumer interest concentrated in the Atlanta metropolitan area, North Georgia, and the Savannah region. Georgia does not authorize retail store distribution of raw milk; the permitted on-farm direct sale is the sole licensed channel.
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Georgia's Raw Dairy Act passes with bipartisan support, creating an on-farm direct sales permit system and ending decades of prohibition on raw milk access in the state.
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Georgia statute establishing a GDA permit system for on-farm direct raw milk and raw dairy product sales to any consumer; no herdshare or ownership arrangement required or authorized.
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