The wording that makes raw milk inaccessible concerns "coliform assay" - a test thought for years to reliably show if harmful organisms are present in water and food. Recognizing the unreliably of this test, raw milk producers do specific tests for harmful bacteria, to guarantee safety.
The crucial wording in the California bill AB1735 addresses not the actual safety of raw milk, but instead changes the allowable "coliform count" meaning that high-temp pasteurized milk is sale-able, but raw milk is not, and safety (in a state where raw milk for sale is already held to a higher standard of safety than factory-pasteurized milk) is not addressed.
This article published last year by two professors at the Center for Food Safety explains why coliform counts are not the way to test for food safety, and shows that AB1735 is misguided at best.
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