Kuwait Raw Milk Laws & Regulations

Kuwait's food safety framework is administered by the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN) under the Ministry of Health, and by Kuwait Municipality. Kuwait follows GCC/GSO harmonized dairy standards including GSO 984:2015, which requires pasteurization for commercially sold milk.

Kuwait's Ministry of Health has issued public warnings about unpasteurized milk being sold "along streets, farms, houses and some shops," calling on PAFN and the Municipality to stop sales from unlicensed facilities. The framing of these warnings around "unlicensed" sales suggests that a licensing pathway may theoretically exist, though none has been publicly confirmed. At least one commercial service openly markets and delivers raw cow milk from Kuwaiti farms to consumers, describing raw milk as "available and sold in Kuwait." Quality studies have found high contamination rates in Kuwait's informal raw milk supply, with 80% of sampled raw milk containing E. coli. The practical situation is that of a tolerated informal grey market operating alongside government health warnings without sustained enforcement action.