Raw Pet Milk Sales Legal in Maryland
"A grass-based dairy, P.A. Bowen Farmstead of Brandywine, has obtained approval1 to sell raw pet milk from the Maryland Department of Agriculture." 2016
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'Pet food' sales allowed
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Raw milk can be sold under the label 'pet food' in Maine.
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MD Code, Health - General, § 21-434
"Under Health-General Article, §21-434, Annotated Code of Maryland, a person may not sell or give away raw milk for human consumption." They also claim: "The proposed action has minimal or no economic impact on small businesses." Impact on raw milk ventures must not have been considered.
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