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                          HOUSE BILL 2628

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Linville and G. Chandler

Read first time 01/18/2000.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.

Modifying prohibitions on colostrum milk.

    AN ACT Relating to colostrum milk; and amending RCW 15.36.151.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 15.36.151 and 1999 c 291 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

    It is unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or deliver:

    (1) Milk or products produced from milk from cows, goats, or other mammals affected with disease or of which the owner thereof has refused official examination and tests for disease; or

    (2) Colostrum milk for consumption by humans, except that this prohibition regarding colostrum milk does not apply to:

(a) Colostrum milk ((from cows that have been tested for brucellosis within sixty days of parturition may)) made or to be made available to persons having multiple sclerosis, or other persons acting on their behalf, who, at the time of the initial sale, present a form, signed by a licensed physician, certifying that the intended user has multiple sclerosis and that the user releases the provider of the milk from liability resulting from the consumption of the milk((.  Colostrum milk provided under this section is exempt from meeting the standards for grade A raw milk required by this chapter)); or

(b) Colostrum milk processed or to be processed by a licensed food processing facility as a nutritional supplement in accordance with the federal dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 as cited in 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301.

Colostrum milk described in subsection (2)(a) or (b) of this section is exempt from the prohibition provided by subsection (2) of this section if it comes from cows that have been tested for brucellosis within sixty days of parturition.  Such colostrum milk is also exempt from meeting the standards for grade A raw milk required by this chapter.

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