South Australia Raw Milk Laws & Regulations

Raw goat milk can be sold in South Australia. 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 South Australia?

Raw goat milk is. SA Health confirms that raw goat's milk may be sold in South Australia under conditions that include testing, appropriate recall procedures and labelling, with a caution on each pack that the milk is unpasteurised and may contain organisms that could be injurious to health.

Raw cow's milk is pasteurised before it is sold as a food in South Australia; 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 South Australia

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