Food: milk; human breast milk banks, companies, and cooperatives; regulate. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0726'25
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill establishes regulations for human milk banks and companies in Michigan. It aims to ensure the safety and quality of human milk through standards related to processing, storage, and donor screening. The bill also outlines penalties for violations, including potential fines and imprisonment, and establishes procedures for inspections and seizure of adulterated milk. Importantly, it clarifies that providing human milk to a child is considered a service, not a sale, and exempts individual-to-individual milk sharing.
Key provisions
- Establishes standards for processing, storage, and distribution of human milk by milk banks and companies.
- Requires donor screening for drugs and diseases.
- Defines ‘adulterated’ human milk and outlines penalties for providing it.
- Creates a framework for inspections and seizure of unsafe milk.
- Clarifies that providing human milk to a child is a service, not a sale.
- Exempts individual-to-individual milk sharing groups.
- Requires disclosure of milk handling practices to recipients.
- Establishes procedures for handling seized milk, including potential condemnation and destruction.
Who is affected
- Hospitals
- Human Milk Banks
- Human Milk Banking Companies
- Donors of breast milk
- Infants and children receiving human milk
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