FreshFarm food guidance

Raw drinking milk

A plain-English explanation for farmers, connected to the official UK source.

Issued by Food Standards Agency

What this means

Raw drinking milk has specific production, hygiene, testing, labelling and sales-channel restrictions. The rules vary across the UK.

What to do

  1. Confirm the rules for your UK nation and species.
  2. Arrange the required testing and inspection route.
  3. Use the prescribed warning and sell only through permitted channels.
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