# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 21. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics

### Subtitle 4. Milk Products

#### Section 21-422

(a) The raw milk that a milk producer sells shall be raw milk that:

  (1) Is obtained by the complete milking of a healthy cow or goat;

  (2) Is unadulterated, whole, and unadjusted; and

  (3) Is practically free of colostrum.

(b) The pasteurized milk products that a distributor, bobtailer, or milk processor sells shall:

  (1) Be pasteurized; and

  (2) Meet all definitions and standards of identity established by federal law and regulation.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)