Raw milk in oregon - some clarification?

[WallTenters]

So I've been reading the raw milk laws in oregon, and I can't seem to get a straight answer. On one hand, I find this on the dairy section of the ODA site:

Activities that are exempt
The dairy law exempts from licensing a person owning not more than three dairy cows that have calved at least once, nine sheep that have lactated at least once or nine goats that have lactated at least once. The fluid milk from these animals may be sold for human or other consumption only if:

1. The person does not advertise the milk for sale
2. The milk is sold directly to the consumer at the premises where produced; and
3. No more than two producing dairy cows, nine producing sheep or nine producing goats are located on the premises where the milk is produced.



Prohibited activities
Prohibition against retail sale of unpasteurized milk from cows (unless meeting the limits of the above exemption).
A person may not sell or distribute for sale unpasteurized milk or fluid milk from cows, or dairy products from unpasteurized milk or fluid milk from cows, other than to a distributor, producer-distributor, dairy products plant licensee or nonprocessing cooperative. This does not apply to the sale or distribution of cheese otherwise exempt from pasteurization requirements or to sales or distributions by a person described under ORS 621.012.

Distributor or producer-distributor may sell only milk that is pasteurized or from disease-free goats or sheep.
A distributor, producer-distributor or dairy products plant licensee shall not sell or offer or expose for sale any dairy product or fluid milk for human consumption unless the milk used in the dairy product or fluid milk has been pasteurized or is goat or sheeps milk that was produced by a disease-free herd, except that if not more than one reactor animal appears when the goat or sheep herd is tested for brucellosis, the milk, dairy products or fluid milk may still be sold if the animal is slaughtered and no additional reactor animals appear when the herd is retested. If one or more reactor animals appear when the herd is retested, no milk, dairy products or fluid milk from the herd may be sold until the herd regains a brucellosis-free status.

- http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/FSD/program_dairy.shtml




On the other, here ORS 621.012 does not exclude small producers (fewer than 7 does, 7 ewes, 3 cows) from ORS 621.122 or 621.124, basically which would mean I need to get my herd brucellosis tested before selling raw milk.

 

[DonnaBelle]

It sounds like to me you need to see a lawyer to tell you if you can or can't sell milk, under any cirumstances.

DonnaBelle

 

[glenolam]

I agree - you should ask a lawyer or call the local food safety division for clarification.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Sounds like they're saying you can personally sell your goat's milk from your property only, and you cannot advertise it for sale, the buyer has to find you. And you can't sell to a distributor.