Claravale Farms Inc. in San Benito County sued the state saying
the standards could outlaw some of their preferred products.
FRESNO
California dairies have temporarily won a battle to keep a state law setting new, stricter bacteria limits on raw milk producers from being enforced.
Kerman-based Organic Pastures Dairy Co. and another raw milk producer, Claravale Farms Inc. in San Benito County, sued the state, saying the standards could outlaw some of their preferred products.
On Wednesday, a San Benito County judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the state from enforcing a law that sets a 10 coliform-per-milliliter standard.
Also on Wednesday, two Organic Pastures employees were questioned by agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. No details were immediately about the investigation, but the two workers were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury next month.
