Texas farmers tout new raw milk rules as a major victory
The state now allows delivery of raw milk directly to consumers.
FILE 2010 Raw milk is carried to car at a Collin County farm.(ANDY JACOBSOHN/Staff Photographer)
2:46 PM on May 19, 2021 CDT
Buying raw milk just got a whole lot easier in the state of Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services published a new set of rules that legalize the delivery of raw milk anywhere in the state and allow small farms to more efficiently get their product into the hands of consumers.
Such changes have long been lobbied for by groups like the Cameron, Texas-based Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance that advocates for independent family farms in Texas. Raw milk is milk that has not been put through the pasteurization process that kills most bacteria.