The case for raw milk in Teton County seems to be one of putting the cart before the horse, at least legally.
County Attorney Keith Gingery advised members of the county board of health that they have no power to approve a raw milk pilot program, saying that the push to sell unpasteurized milk in the valley is “a few months ahead of its time.”
That authority, he said, lies with state health officials and legislators and federal regulators with the Food and Drug Administration.
“My advice is to wait until it is legal in Wyoming,” Gingery said during a meeting Tuesday. “After that, you will still have to deal with the federal law that says you can’t put raw milk into interstate commerce. You don’t just get to pass a pilot program that violates federal law.”
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