New South Wales Raw Milk Laws & Regulations

Raw goat milk can be sold in New South Wales. The state uses the goat milk provision in the national dairy standard, and raw milk cheese is legal here as everywhere in Australia.

Is raw milk legal in New South Wales?

Raw goat milk is. The NSW Food Authority states that all milk sold in New South Wales, except goats' milk, must be pasteurised, under the Food Act 2003 and the Food Regulation 2025. Goat dairies sell it under the state's dairy food safety scheme, administered by the NSW Food Authority, and each pack carries an advisory statement that the milk is unpasteurised.

Cheesemakers in New South Wales who make raw milk cheese are licensed by the NSW Food Authority, applying with a Raw Milk Cheese Production Pro Forma that shows how their maturation steps meet the national standard.

Raw cow's milk is pasteurised before it is sold as a food in New South Wales; raw cow's milk labelled as bath milk is sold only as a cosmetic.

Raw milk cheese

Raw milk cheese is legal across Australia. Since February 2015, Division 5 of Standard 4.2.4 has allowed Australian dairies to make cheese from raw milk, with requirements from farm to vat: healthy, individually identified animals, milk cooled to 6°C within two hours of milking and made into cheese within 24 hours, raw cheese milk kept apart from other milk, and a finished cheese that does not support the growth of pathogens. Imported raw milk cheeses are sold too; see Australia starts importing raw cheese from the UK.

Finding raw dairy in New South Wales

Goat dairies and other sources are listed at raw milk in New South Wales. The national rules are on the Australia page.