Raw goat milk is legal in Queensland from accredited dairies, sold at the dairy with a caution label. Raw milk cheese is legal across Australia.
Raw goat milk can be bought in Queensland directly from accredited goat dairies. Queensland is one of four states that use the goat milk provision in the national dairy standard, and raw milk cheese is legal here as everywhere in Australia.
Raw goat milk is. The Queensland Government states that all milk sold in Queensland, except goats' milk, must be pasteurised. Part 4 of the Food Production (Safety) Regulation 2014 sets out the goat milk rules. It applies to goat milk for human consumption that is not pasteurised and not sent to a factory, covering milking, storage, packaging and labelling at the dairy and retail sale from the dairy where the goats were milked.
Raw cow's milk is sold in Queensland only as cosmetic "bath milk", which shops must make clear is not for drinking.
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.
Goat dairies and other sources are listed at raw milk in Queensland. The national rules are on the Australia page.
Official government documents and legal resources for Queensland
Queensland rules for unpasteurised goat milk produced at an accredited dairy and sold from the dairy where the goats are milked: testing, recall program and labelling.
View Official Resource →Queensland Government page confirming that goats' milk is the one milk that may be sold unpasteurised in Queensland, under the dairy scheme.
View Official Resource →The national dairy standard. Clause 15 requires milk to be pasteurised unless a state or territory law expressly provides otherwise, and Division 5 sets the rules for making raw milk cheese.
View Official Resource →Search for raw milk sources near popular locations in Queensland
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