A bill which would have ended the Montana Board of Livestock’s system that requires milk to be discarded 12 days after it’s pasteurized died in committee Friday.
The Montana Board of Livestock’s rule was adopted in 1980 and it requires that at the 12-day mark the milk must be removed from store shelves it may not be used for human consumption.
The bill, HB399, was heard Feb. 11 and rejected by an 11-6 vote by the 17-member House Human Services committee later in the week. All seven Democrats on the committee voted no, and were joined by four of the 10 Republicans. All six yes votes came from Republican representatives. Three of the committee members are in the livestock business: Alan Doane, R-Bloomfield; Bill Harris, R-Winnett; and Alan Redfield, R-Livingston. They were three of the four Republicans to vote no on the bill Friday.
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